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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
	Family:	Cup Moth (:Zygaenoidea Limacodidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Wattle Cup Moth (Calcarifera ordinata)
	This Photo:	🔍S6, Male, profile🔎
	Thank you Axel Kallies, Dr Bevan Buirchell, Karen Weaving & James Peake for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Adult males ~13mm. These seem to be a fairly rare moth, but we seem to have a good population of them. We have photographed 6 malesDec, Jan
	Copyright © 2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Jan-2023
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.