Almella Frass Moth Male, ventral | Steaked Pyralid Moth S1, profile | |||||
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, dorsal🔎 | ||||
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. | |||||
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