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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
	Family:	Seed Borer (:Gelechioidea Cosmopterigidae)
	Species:	Tufted Moth (Trachydora sp)
	This Photo:	Profile
	Other name:	Shark Moth
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Estimated wingspan from the flyscreen is ~12mm. A small moth with a number of tufted scales on the back, with orange bases, and the trailing forewings are turned up when at rest.
	Copyright © 2016-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 03-Nov-2016
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.