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Wool Moth
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Wool Moth
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Wool Moth, Aranda, ACT
Image by Donald Hobern - Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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WOOL MOTH FACTS |
Identification
Monopis icterogastra is a small black and white moth. The hindwings are a plain golden colour. The head has a tuft of woolly white hairs. Antennae are long and thin held along the length of the wings.
Other Names
Blabophanes namuella
Size
length 10mm
Breeding
It is thought that they lay live young caterpillars rather than eggs.
Range
found over most of Australia
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Tineidae | | Genus: | Monopis | | Species: | icterogastra | | Common Name: | Wool Moth |
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