Small-kite Moth
S3, profile
Ellura
Small-kite Moth
S4, ventral
 
                      
Small-kite Moth (Autarotis milvellus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Small-kite Moth (Autarotis milvellus)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Hind wings🔎

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
~6mm long, ~14mm wingspan.
They look like small Metallarcha thiophara & some Hednota sp moths.

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.