Rock Lichen Moth: Male: Orange Abdomen Tip

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.

This species is

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

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