Grass Webworm: Profile

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Grass Webworm (Hednota grammellus)

This Photo:

Profile

Other name:

Pasture Webworm

Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
Wingspan ~30mm
Looks very similar to Hednota opulentellus; which we thought it was originally.
Ken Harris said "The white stripe just inside the leading edge is continuous. In H. opulentellus, there are two white striped overlapping half-way along the wing".

This species is

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

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