Red-blotched Pyralid S1, dorsal | Red-blotched Pyralid S5, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Grass Moth (:Pyraloidea Pyralidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Red-blotched Pyralid (Morosaphycita poliochyta) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Dr Paul Whitington for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~12mm long We originally thought this was Morosaphycita oculiferella. | |||||
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