Author Len van der Waag ◦
This 15 mm long male Lomera pantosemna moth in the Psychidae family of case moths spent two days and a night on one of our flyscreen windows before flying off on the second evening. Our place near Denmark on the south coast of Western Australia.
ID credit with thanks to Ethan Beaver.
https://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/psychidae-lomera-pantosemna.html
“Case and Bag Moths are included in the Psychidae family and enfold some of the most attractive moths in Australia, with thick woolly cloaks coupled with striking coloration. The female of this Case Moth is unknown, as is the unique construction of their vegetative larval case, although I have discovered a number of different ones that may include this species. That impressive odor/pheromone seeking antennae shows how the males locate the females (thought to be wingless) and may indicate there are only small populations ranging over comparatively large areas.”
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