Hednota opulentellus (A Cramdid moth (Crambinae)
The adult moth has forewings with brown and silvery white longitudinal stripes. The hind wings are silky and buff coloured. However, when the moth is holding onto a vertical blade of grass with its wings wrapped around its body, the shiny stripes make a good camouflage. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cmm
Separating H. opulentellus and H. grammellus - H. opulentellus has a white line along the costa from the base to about 1/2way along the wing, this overlaps with another white line a little further in which runs to the apex - this is a bit obscured by the grass stalk above but is still visible (H. grammellus has a single white line, a little in from the costa, running from the base and the main white line to the apex.) H. opulentellus has 3 short lines extending from the termen between the main white line and the apex (H. grammellus has more longer lines running from the main white line to the termen) https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/244572-Hednota-opulentellus https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimens.php?taxid=329645 https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/355165-Hednota-grammellus rn.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICS255-11 (Notes provided by WendyEM 26/7/2026)
