Small Tabby
Male, Palps
Ellura
Small Tabby
Male, Very Worn
 
                 
Small Tabby (Etiella behrii)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Grass Moth (:Pyraloidea Pyralidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Small Tabby (Etiella behrii)
This Photo:     🔍Male, Antenna🔎

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
We asked Matt Campbell how he differentiated from E. chrysoporella from E. behrii. He responded with "E. behrii has the white strip along the costa but doesn't have the other white markings on the wings. Lepidoptera Butterfly House suggests that the white stip along the costa is actually pale grey too."

Copyright © 2017-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 01-Jan-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.