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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
	Family:	Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae)
	Species:	Mini Owlet Moth (Mataeomera sp)
	This Photo:	S1: 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. We found them in Feb (S1), Sept (S2), Oct (S3) & Nov (S4).
	Copyright © 2017-  Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Feb-2017
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.