Stunning Crambid
Ventral
Bird-wing Moth
S3, Pale Form, dorsal
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| Stunning Crambid Ventral | | Bird-wing Moth S3, Pale Form, dorsal | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Bird-wing Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)| This Photo: | S2, Dark Form, dorsal | Other name: | Tree Lucerne Moth | 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), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere A deceptively large moth, ~18mm long & ~34mm wingspan. They have two colour forms. The ones we've seen have a general reddish brown colour with thick white legs being the most distinguishing feature; until you see their windwings. Brilliant orange, offset by a thick black trailing band. Underneath their wings are generally pale yellow with a pink section along the costa of both wings, much thicker on the hindwings extending to almost half the wing. Similar Species: White Patched Crambid (Eclipsiodes homora)
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