Scorpiopsis pyrobola

Scorpiopsis pyrobola

"Scorpiopsis pyrobola" is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
Scorpiopsis pyrobola montage What a pretty little moth, it reminded me of the patterns made by dappled light. Unfortunately it has a damaged wing.
I learned that the impressive structure seen above the head is in fact the labial palps which I took initially as antennae before I put my glasses on! 
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Appearance

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The forewings are red, sometimes posteriorly sprinkled with yellow whitish between the veins. All veins and folds are marked with series of evenly arranged round yellow dots and there is a narrow fuscous suffusion along the costa from the base to two-thirds, as well as a suffused fuscous band from the middle of the submedian fold to the costa at two-thirds, sending streaks posteriorly along the veins. About seven irregularly arranged small round silvery-white spots are found towards the base of the wing and anterior half of the costa and there is a small transverse-oval silvery-white spot in the disc at two-thirds, a smaller round spot above it, and three silvery-white dots on the veins beyond them. There is also a dark fuscous hindmarginal line. The hindwings are very pale whitish yellowish.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDepressariidae
GenusScorpiopsis
SpeciesS. pyrobola
Photographed in
Australia