Almella Frass Moth
Male, Tufts
Steaked Pyralid Moth
S1, dorsal
| Almella Frass Moth Male, Tufts | | Steaked Pyralid Moth S1, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Grass Moth (:Pyraloidea Pyralidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Almella Frass Moth (Ctenomeristis almella) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, ventral | ||||
Thank you Ned Fisher for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~10mm long & ~23mm wingspan. The males antennae are uni-pectinate, females are filiform. The lines are often very "broken" or patchy making id difficult as the missing areas of line are not diagnostic. It has very short upturned palps. The front of the main lines, towards the head & middle of the wing, can be turned up in tufts as shown here. The hindwings are pale yellow from under, but we couldn't get a top shot of the hindwings which are plain with a simple line running along the trailing edge. | |||||
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