Undescribed Anthelid: Antennae

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Anthelid Moth (:Bombycoidea Anthelidae)

Species:

Undescribed Anthelid (Anthela ANIC12)

This Photo:

Antennae

Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
This is figured on Bold as Anthela ANIC12.
Head & body ~25mm, wingspan ~70mm.
This is a fairly worn specimen.
We originally thought it was an Urticating Anthelid (Anthela nicothoe).
Found in February.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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