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Pseudoxyptilus secutor
about 13mm wingspan; small pale moth with blotchy brown markings on wings and abdomen and a wash of grey-green about the middle . Note the candy stripe pattern on the hind legs.
weedy patches in bush, often under trees where the herbaceous vegetation is more lush as the sun shrivels up everything not in the shade.
these moths were quite numerous but they only became noticeable when one walked through the vegetation and disturbed them or if one had ones nose on the ground looking at a ladybird! Apparently this is a monospecific genus and the distribution is restricted to southern Africa
Spotted on Mar 7, 2013
Submitted on Mar 9, 2013
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a beauty! great shots!