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Order Lepidoptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Plume Moths in Family Pterophoridae
that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Wingspan 20mm
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- This is a small moth family. Moths in family Pterophoridae are known as
Plume Moths. Plume Moths are from small to medium in size. They are easily recognized.
When rest, they hold out their wings hight and at right angle to their long
thin body. They have simple and short antenna. Their legs are long. Their
wings are narrow and with one to two clefts.
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- The caterpillars are usually with short hairs on body. They feed on
flowers and leaves openly during daytime.
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- Plume Moth I
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- Stangeia xerodes, wingspan 20mm
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990,
fig.53.5.
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- Plume Moth II
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- ? sp., wingspan 20mm
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- Plume Moth III
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- ? sp., wingspan 20mm
- This moth comes to window light at night. We often see them outside our
windows in mid summer.
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- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2007,
p123.
- 2. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990,
p343.
- 3. PTEROPHORIDAE
of Australia - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley.
- 4. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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