Steaked Pyralid Moth: S1, Antenna

Steaked Pyralid Moth (Enchesphora ANIC11)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Grass Moth (:Pyraloidea Pyralidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Steaked Pyralid Moth (Enchesphora ANIC11)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Antenna🔎

Synonym:

Salma ANIC11

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~15mm long, ~29mm wingspan.
Notice these have very unusual antennal joints to the head; it's like a forked projection. We suspect they are scales wrapping the base of the antennae.

This species is

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

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