Golden Metallarcha Moth
Dorsal, ~10mm
Ellura
Western Metallarcha Moth
S1, dorsal, Hindwings
 
                      
Golden Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha diplochrysa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Golden Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha diplochrysa)
This Photo:     Ventral

Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying and 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

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.