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Cryptophasa rubescens
About 20 mm long this moth had pale yellow wings with hints of copper. Wings were tented, giving the body a wedge shape. The head and thorax were almost white and the paleness continued along the costa. Feathery antennae stretched out and were almost two-thirds the body length.
Attracted to lights, this moth flew in from the garden.
Occurrence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Caterpillars feed on phyllodes of Wattle.
My thanks to Graeme Cocks for information leading to the ID.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Xylorychtinae
Spotted on Jan 1, 2016
Submitted on Jan 3, 2016
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