Shark moth
Ellura
Burnt Cosmet Moth
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Cosmet Moth (Limnaecia camptosema)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Seed Borer (:Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Cosmet Moth (Limnaecia camptosema)
This Photo:     

Thank you David Akers for confirming the id of this species for us

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

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.