Minggu lepas Jim Hayden meneka rama-rama yang saya siarkan ialah Oecophoridae Australia. Ia adalah satu tekaan yang baik kerana terdapat begitu banyak rama-rama yang besar dan menakjubkan dalam keluarga dari Australia ini. Salah satu yang terbaik mesti yang ini, Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae), ditangkap di Black Mountain di Canberra Oktober 23, 1955 (koleksi CAS). The larvae feed on Eucalyptus – and I for one wish this was an introduced species here. We have these pesky invasive trees everywhere, why not the moth to go with?
Wingia lambertella (Oecophoridae)
Ya, a spectacular moth and large for an Oecophorid. Have not found this one yet on my aussie holidays, but have collected W. aurata, which is equally large and almost as spectactular (http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Oecophoridae/Oecophorinae/Wingiaaurata/).