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Cosmopterigid Moth

Macrobathra desmotoma

Description:

A 10 mm long oecophorid moth with fawn-coloured wings with dark patterns. Labial palps were re-curved.

Habitat:

Spotted on wattle.

Notes:

My thanks to Wendy Moore for the ID.
Family: Cosmopterigidae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 28, 2014
Submitted on Nov 28, 2014

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