Bird-wing Moth S2, Dark Form, Head | Variable Bent-wing Dorsal, ~10mm | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Bird-wing Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S7, Dark Form, ventral🔎 | ||||
Other name: | Tree Lucerne Moth | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere A deceptively large moth, ~18mm long & ~34mm wingspan. They have two colour forms. The ones we've seen have a general reddish brown colour with thick white legs being the most distinguishing feature; until you see their windwings. Brilliant orange, offset by a thick black trailing band. Underneath their wings are generally pale yellow with a pink section along the costa of both wings, much thicker on the hindwings extending to almost half the wing. Similar Species: White Patched Crambid (Eclipsiodes homora) | |||||
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