Wattle Wood Moth
Female, dorsal
Wattle Wood Moth
Female, head
| Wattle Wood Moth Female, dorsal | | Wattle Wood Moth Female, head | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Wood Moth (:Cossoidea Cossidae) | ||||
| Species: | Wattle Wood Moth (Endoxyla cf encalypti) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, profile | ||||
| Other name: | Wattle Goat Moth | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee), and elsewhere Head & body ~73mm, wingspan ~140mm or wider (hard to say as she lost her wing tips) A number of Endoxyla females are flightless with reduced wings (brachypterous). But with this species the female has fully developed wings; which she has since battered severely. | |||||
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