Western Metallarcha Moth S1, profile | Metallarcha Moth Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Western Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha pseliota) | ||||
This Photo: | S1, ventral | ||||
Thank you Mark Hura & Leon Crang for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~9mm long, ~18mm wingspan. Typical looking metallarcha with orange & black hingwings. Forwings are black with 3 large rectangular white patches and 7 trailing orange spots. | |||||
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