Yellow Striped Crambid
Camouflage
Double-striped Grass Moth
S1, Adult Male, profile
Animals
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| Yellow Striped Crambid Camouflage | | Double-striped Grass Moth S1, Adult Male, profile | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (Pyraloidea:Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Double-striped Grass Moth (Hednota bivittella)| This Photo: | 🔍S1, Adult Male, dorsal🔎 | Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Very large specimen. Considered to be ~30mm wingspan, this one is ~42mm wingspan Males in this genus have pectinate (comb-like) antennae while Female's are filiform (wire-like). The length of the male pectinations varies with species. You can understand why we thought this one was a cousin of Angled Satin Moth (thalaina angulosa), a Thalaina tetraclada. We were quite exited as we thought it was the most Eastern record of this species. But no, it's not even a Geometrid; you can tell by the massive, great big hooter! It's a Crambidae, a totally different family.
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