A wierd, yellowish insect, hairy, thin

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 23, 2021

Just about half an inch long, saw this fly and sit on this leaf. I don't remember having seen this before in the yard. For identification please.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 23, 2021

It's a plume moth; family Pterophoridae.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_moths_of_India_(Pterophoridae)

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 24, 2021

Thanks. Compared available images in the link. Not found. At least I know now it is some Plume Moth.

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