Dowdy Plume Moth at Michelago, NSW
Identification history
| Stenoptilia zophodactylus | 11 Apr 2026 | WendyEM | ||
| Stenoptilia zophodactylus | 11 Apr 2026 | dhobern | ||
| Imbophorus aptalis | 30 Apr 2019 | GlennCocking | ||
| Imbophorus aptalis | 22 Apr 2019 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 22 Apr 2019 | Illilanga |
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User's notes
Private property. No public access without permission. Not sure which plume moth this is.
2 comments
dhobern
wrote:
11 Apr 2026
Pale (overexposed?) but the forewing lobes are the shape of Stenoptilia, not Imbophorus
Location information
- Coordinates 149.157918-35.782683
- Altitude 773.1m
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2019 05:06 PM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga Completed Illilanga NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Stenoptilia zophodactylus Other moths Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Found near water in thick vegetation. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Stenoptilia zophodactylus Scientific name
- Dowdy Plume Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1594.2m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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