Spotted Wide-winged Plume Moth
S2, Male: Wing "hair"
Ellura
Xerodes Plume Moth
S4, Abdomen
 
                      
Xerodes Plume Moth (Stangeia xerodes)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Plume Moth (:Pterophorioidea Pterophoridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Xerodes Plume Moth (Stangeia xerodes)
This Photo:     S1, dorsal

Thank you Dee Nolan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere

Copyright © 2011-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Oct-2011
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.