Doubleday's Footman: Female, ventral

Doubleday's Footman (Castulo doubledayi)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)

Species:

Doubleday's Footman (Castulo doubledayi)

This Photo:

Female, ventral

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
The female was about 8-9mm long with wingspan of about 28mm.
Males have bipectinate antennae, females have filiform.
The only 2 specimens we found were very worn & damaged. The white marks on the males forewing, eg, are damage not patterns. Fortunately one was male & one female to show the differences.

This species is

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

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