Cryptic Snout Moth: Forwing

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)

Species:

Cryptic Snout Moth (Arrade destituta)

This Photo:

Forwing

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
About 7mm long with a wingspan of about 22mm.
A stunning moth with various tufts giving it real presence, yet it's quite small.
Found in November.

This species is

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

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