Yellow Striped Crambid Profile | Yellow Striped Crambid Camouflage | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Yellow Striped Crambid (Glaucocharis dilatella) | ||||
This Photo: | Palps | ||||
Other name: | Ocellated Web Moth | ||||
Thank you Dr Bevan Buirchell for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere A stunning little moth on screen, yet nondescript to the naked eye. Generally sits with it's legs forward and antennae laid back over it's body. Large scaly palps held out forward making quite a snout The forewings wings trail with longitudinal short yellow stripes separated by black marks. Followed by metallic silver, black, then silver transverse stripes. | |||||
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