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Clania sp.
A strange little moth about 22mm long. It had totally clear wings which were fluttering continuously. Male.. interesting abdominal appendages? only one good shot before it flew off.
On the stem of a 'weed' 50cm tall asteraceae in a local nature reserve.
This is very likely to be Clania lewinii as the cases found abundantly in the area were C lewinii as were the source food types for this species. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/856...
The only thing that puts me off is the dorsal view revealed a yellow 'V' shape jacket over the thorax. Sorry no photo.
zoological_division: DITRYSIA
superfamily: TINEOIDEA
family: PSYCHIDAE
genus: Clania
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Spotted on Sep 29, 2014
Submitted on Sep 29, 2014
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