Crocidosema plebejana

Common name: Cotton Tipworm Moth

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

This moth is found across Australia and throughout much of the world.

Description:

This moth has a wing length (nose to wing tip) of approximately 9 millimetres.

Notes:

We have photographed this moth in November.

References:

Identification courtesy of David Knowles.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4e5b9a55-10cc-407e-8572-90a0bd20dfbd

Butterfly House http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/tort/plebejana.html

BOLD systems https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=50573

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