Spotted Noctuid Moth
Posterior
Ellura
Orange Noctuid Moth
S2, dorsal
 
                      
Spotted Noctuid Moth (Diatenes gerula)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Spotted Noctuid Moth (Diatenes gerula)
This Photo:     Ventral

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere

Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-Mar-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.