Eucalyptus Leafroller Moth
S1, profile
Eucalyptus Leafroller Moth
S2, Female, ventral
| Eucalyptus Leafroller Moth S1, profile | | Eucalyptus Leafroller Moth S2, Female, ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Tortrix Moth (:Tortricoidea Tortricidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Eucalyptus Leafroller Moth (Strepsicrates macropetana) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, profile🔎 | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for identifying and Dr Bevan Buirchell for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We thought this was a Diamond-backed Tortrix Moth (Oxysemaphora notialis). Partly our mistake came from a camera artifact that over exposed the back, making it look like a diamond; but they also vary in how white the pattern on their back is. We've now added other photo's of another, darker specimen we found that shows the same patterns, except where the first was over-exposed. | |||||
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