上周吉姆·海登猜到我张贴的蛾是澳大利亚Oecophoridae. 这是一个很好的猜测，因为有这么多的大，令人惊叹的飞蛾在这个家庭来自澳大利亚. 其中最好必须是这一个, Tweet'y lambertella (卵藻科), 在堪培拉十月抓获黑山 23, 1955 (CAS收藏). 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?
Tweet'y lambertella (卵藻科)
是, 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/).