Yellow Cobblestoned Leaf Roller
Dorsal
Light Brown Wattle Moth
S1, Male, dorsal
Animals
Plants
Info
| Yellow Cobblestoned Leaf Roller Dorsal | | Light Brown Wattle Moth S1, Male, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Tortrix Moth (Tortricoidea:Tortricidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Yellow Cobblestoned Leaf Roller (Dichelopa achranta)| This Photo: | Hind Wings | Thank you Dr Peter McQuillan for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: We thought this was Merophyas siniodes but Peter said "Dichelopa achranta is known from dry open woodlands including the mallee. Looks rather like a Clepsis/Merophyas but is more lustrous and with a "cobblestone" pattern." He also suggested it may use Beyeria as a food source, which we have plenty of.
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