Small Tabby
Male, ventral
Ellura
Striped Snout Moth
Dorsal
 
                      
Striped Snout Moth (Etiella chrysoporella)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Grass Moth (:Pyraloidea Pyralidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Striped Snout Moth (Etiella chrysoporella)
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Thank you Dr Bevan Buirchell for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 19-Oct-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.