Metallarcha Moth
Type 1, dorsal
Ellura
Metallarcha Moth
Type 1, ventral
 
                      
Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha beatalis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha beatalis)
This Photo:     Type 1, Head profile
Synonym: Botys beatalis

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:
It seems there are two types of this species. It's possible it's gender, but that's not clear. Our "Type 1" doesn't have solid bars on the fore-wings. Our "Type 2" does.

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Oct-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.