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Thema psammoxantha
A small ( about 10 mm long) but attractive moth with pale yellow wings and a broad dark brown marking covering part of the thorax and extending down the inner margins of the fore wings. This moth also had a short brown streak extending down from the tornus suggesting that it was male.
Antennae were thin and swept back. labial palps were brushy, yellow and bare recurved tips.
Spotted resting on a leaf of an Agapanthus plant - local garden.
Caterpillars of this moth are said to feed on dead leaves among leaf litter.
The females are said to have a broader brown streak from the tornus to wing base as seen in link below.
Female:
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Another male:
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Family Oecophoridae
Subfamily Oecophorinae
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