Calico Stem-borer Moth
S2, Male, dorsal
Ladder-marked Twirler Moth
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| Calico Stem-borer Moth S2, Male, dorsal | | Ladder-marked Twirler Moth | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Oecophorid Moth (Gelechioidea:Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Calico Stem-borer Moth (Cryptophasa rubra)| This Photo: | S2, Male, Antenna | Thank you Axel Kallies & Ian McMillan 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 ~21mm long & ~48mm wingspan. Females have filiform antennae, males have bipectinate antennae. We originally thought this was Cryptophasa ochroleuca.
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