Purple-sheen Concealer Moth
Antenna
Purple-sheen Concealer Moth
Outside
| Purple-sheen Concealer Moth Antenna | | Purple-sheen Concealer Moth Outside | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) | ||||
| Species: | Purple-sheen Concealer Moth (Philobota ancylotoxa) | ||||
| This Photo: | Ventral | ||||
| Synonym: | Philobota biophora | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 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 th AFD yet. Measured wingspan of 3 we captured, ~23-28mm . Similar Species: Small Concealer Moth (Philobota sp ES05) | |||||
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