Black & White Crambid
S1, dorsal
Ellura
Black & White Crambid
S3, profile
 
                      
Black & White Crambid (Scoparia exhibitalis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black & White Crambid (Scoparia exhibitalis)
This Photo:     S2, dorsal
Other name: Black and White Crambid

Thank you Don Herbison-Evans for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~9mm long, wingspan ~20mm

Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 05-Oct-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.