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	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:	🔍S1, profile🔎
	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.
	Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Sep-2017
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.