Grass tubeworm moth (Acrolophus arcanella)
Another in the unexpectedly immense category of “little brown moths”, Acrolophus arcanella has some neat geometric patterns and — well, I’m sure that real entomologists don’t call it a “pompadour”, but it’s a neat little lion’s mane of fluffy scales on the back of the head and “shoulders”.
Grass tubeworm moth (Acrolophus arcanella)
The name Acrolophus actually comes from the Greek άχρόλοφος, meaning “that which carries a plume to the extremity”. This is supposed to reference that “the palpi are covered with elongated scales up to the extremity”, differentiating this genus from the other Tineidae.
Grass tubeworm moth (Acrolophus arcanella)