Grass Webworm
S2, Ventral
Ellura
Beautiful-skinned Snout Moth
S2, profile
 
                      
Beautiful-skinned Snout Moth (Hednotodes callichroa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Beautiful-skinned Snout Moth (Hednotodes callichroa)
This Photo:     🔍S2, dorsal🔎

Thank you Mark Hura for identifying and Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long, ~22m wingspan.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 16-Dec-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.