Pond Moth: S6, dorsal

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pond Moth (Hygraula nitens)

This Photo:

🔍S6, dorsal🔎

Thank you Dion Maple for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7mm long, ~15mm wingspan. A small, typical crambid shaped moth.
The one we found was quite pale compared to some other on-line photo's. Basically brown with white lateral streaks.
We found one specimen in December (in a semi-arid region in drought, not sure about the 'pond' name?)

This species is

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

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