Metallic Leaf Roller
Ventral
Ellura
Pink Tufted Moth
Male, profile
 
                      
Pink Tufted Moth (Heliocosma anthodes)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tortrix Moth (:Tortricoidea Tortricidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Pink Tufted Moth (Heliocosma anthodes)
This Photo:     Male, dorsal

Thank you Axel Kallies 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:
~6mm long, ~15mm wingspan.
Males have very thick antennae compared to females, both being filiform.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Aug-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.