Mini Owlet Moth S1, profile | Mini Owlet Moth S3, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Mini Owlet Moth (Mataeomera sp) | ||||
This Photo: | S2, profile | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere S1 ~8mm long, ~18mm wingspan S2 ~7mm long, ~15mm wingspan S3 ~8mm long, ~22mm wingspan S4 ~7mm long, ~20mm wingspan All 4 sightings have different wing patterns & varying palp length. When we checked the MoV cds (Moths of Victoria) and found how variable they are, and need reworking, we couldn't work out which was which; they could all be one, or 4 different species. We couldn't tell the genders apart either. Bodies look similar. It seems the male antennae may have thicker "hairs" than the female. | |||||
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