![]() | Rock Lichen Moth Male: neck | Rock Lichen Moth Male: ventral | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae) | ||||
Species: | Rock Lichen Moth (Halone sinuata) | ||||
This Photo: | Male: Orange Abdomen Tip | ||||
Thank you Don Herbison-Evans for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~22mm wingspan. Completely the wrong location, semi-arid SA. Normally we're happy with finding Victorian species here, but this generally being a coastal NSW species, seems unlikely; but seems a good match visually. Has orange hind wings which we were unable to photograph. Has the orange tip on the abdomen. Antennae are very finely pectinate. There are 2 records of Halone consolatrix in SA in the bold bins, so on location, H consolatrix would be the choice. But doesn't look right. Halones do seem variable though. | |||||
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