Purple-sheen Concealer Moth
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Purple-sheen Concealer Moth
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Purple-sheen Concealer Moth (Philobota ancylotoxa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Purple-sheen Concealer Moth (Philobota ancylotoxa)
This Photo:     Anterior
Synonym: Philobota biophora
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Measured wingspan of 3 we captured, ~23-28mm.
According to Don Herbison-Evans, the wingspan of these is ~25mm where as the very similar Isomoralla curriculata (which we thought this was) has a wingspan of ~15mm.
These look satiny with a purple sheen on the dark markings.
Philobota ancylotoxa is in the same Bold BIN as P. biophora, meaning they are the same species. But that hasn't been picked up by the AFD yet.

Similar Species: Small Concealer Moth (Philobota sp ES05)
Copyright © 2015-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 10-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.