Calico Stem-borer Moth: S2, Male, dorsal

Calico Stem-borer Moth (Cryptophasa rubra)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Oecophorid Moth (:Gelechioidea Oecophoridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Calico Stem-borer Moth (Cryptophasa rubra)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Male, dorsal🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies & Ian McMillan for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~21mm long & ~48mm wingspan.
Females have filiform antennae, males have bipectinate antennae.
We originally thought this was Cryptophasa ochroleuca.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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