Rusty Wingia Moth: Profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Wingia Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae Wingia)

Species:

Rusty Wingia Moth (Euchaetis ANIC34)

This Photo:

Profile

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This is figured on Bold as Euchaetis sp ANIC34.
Head & body ~8mm, wingspan ~11mm.
A very attractive little moth, with pink edged, rust coloured wings. As is typical with Gelid moths, the palps are upturned finishing in a point.
The antennae are quite unusual; nearly invisible bipectinate, but more hairy rather than the normal twig like, visible structure.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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