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Thema Moth - male

Thema psammoxantha

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Spotted resting on a leaf of an Agapanthus plant - local garden.

Notes:

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:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
Another male:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...
Family Oecophoridae
Subfamily Oecophorinae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Spotted on Nov 9, 2015
Submitted on Nov 9, 2015

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