Cosmet Moth:

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Seed Borer (:Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Cosmet Moth (Limnaecia camptosema)

This Photo:

Thank you David Akers for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

This species is

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

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