Small-kite Moth S1, Hind wings | Delicate Pearl Moth S1, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Small-kite Moth (Autarotis milvellus) | ||||
This Photo: | S4, ventral | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~6mm long, ~14mm wingspan. They look like small Metallarcha thiophara & some Hednota sp moths. | |||||
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