False Plume Moth - Tineodidae
A small family represented in Australia by nine genera, with only a dozen species. They resemble the Plume Moths of the family Pterophoridae (Insects - Moths - Plume) by having feathered lower edges to their wings, long spindly and spiky legs, the way they hold their wings horizontally aloft at an angle of 90 degrees to each other (Plume Moths are at 180 degrees), plus when at rest by keeping their body raised well above the substrate.
The Tineodidae species shown above is around 1.5 cm in length (excluding wings) and tend to appear around April when night time temperatures are not yet cold and there is a little moisture from dew or light rain. Although these moths are more common to the northern parts of Australia (and overseas), they are apparently not commonly encountered.
