Double-striped Grass Moth Profile | Double-striped Grass Moth Ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Double-striped Grass Moth (Hednota bivittella) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Wings Open🔎 | ||||
Thank you Matt Campbell for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very large specimen. Considered to be ~30mm wingspan, this one is ~42mm wingspan Based on body shape, we think it's a female. You can understand why we thought this one was a cousin of Angled Satin Moth (thalaina angulosa), a Thalaina tetraclada. We were quite exited as we thought it was the most Eastern record of this species. But no, it's not even a Geometrid; you can tell by the massive, great big hooter! It's a Crambidae, a totally different family. | |||||
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