Western Metallarcha Moth: S2, dorsal

Western Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha pseliota)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Western Metallarcha Moth (Metallarcha pseliota)

This Photo:

🔍S2, dorsal🔎

Thank you Mark Hura & Leon Crang for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long, ~18mm wingspan.
Typical looking metallarcha with orange & black hingwings. Forwings are black with 3 large rectangular white patches and 7 trailing orange spots.

This species is

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

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