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Macrobathra aphristis (Family = Cosmopterigidae)
A small moth with upturned wing tips and dark brown banding.
Daytime. On Acacia
There are 98 species within Macrobathra genus, almost entirely Australian http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
Spotted on Oct 15, 2013
Submitted on Oct 29, 2013
5 Comments
Macrobathra aphristis
Seems that it's Cosmopterigidae ;
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
This looks very close. Thank you Peter Marriott
Tanyzancia argutella?
http://lepidopteradiary.blogspot.com.au/...
Its in the text and index of IFB Commons 'Moths of Australia' with no image.
I don't blame you. I thought we must have covered this one and just checked through our collective black and white banded moths - no match !! I got Peter Marriotts set of 4 booklets and CD's today so hopefully our IDing might improve some.
Thanks Mark. I think you're right. Still reluctant to study these more closely.
Oecophoridae?