Metallarcha Moth
Type 2, ventral
Ellura
Metallarcha Moth
S3, profile
 
                      
Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha calliaspis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha calliaspis)
This Photo:     S3, dorsal & Hindwings

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† & Leon Crang 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:
Wingspan ~24mm

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.