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Size: 1-2 cm. The usual resting posture is with the wings extended laterally and narrowly rolled up. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight. Some species have larvae which are stem- or root-borers while others are leaf-borers.
The 'Pterophoridae' or 'Plume Moths' are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called Microlepidoptera.
Spotted on Jan 16, 2015
Submitted on Jan 17, 2015
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Probably genus Exelastis from appearance