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It’s hard to show just how small some of the moths I photograph up here really are, in Queensland. The last photo gives a better sense of scale, this little one is tiny.
I got lucky when it landed on my hand and stayed still long enough for a shot.
Like many of the smaller moths, I suspect this one is still undescribed.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Gelechioidea
- Family: Stathmopodidae
- Genus: Stathmopoda
Footnote & References
- Stathmopoda Herrich-Schäffer, 1853, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Stathmopoda
- Daniel Meier, https://www.instagram.com/lepilens/, https://www.facebook.com/daniel.meier.330
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