Bogong Moth: S2, Female, Dark Morph, dorsal

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (Noctuoidea:Noctuidae:Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Female, Dark Morph, dorsal🔎

Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS), Dianne Clarke & Karen Weaving for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
~22mm long, wingspan ~45mm
Males have bipectinate antennae, female's are filiform.
In 2021 this species was added to the IUCN Red List as an Endangered Species. Due to climate change their numbers have dwindled precariously since 2016.

This species is protected and classed as

EN (Endangered)

under the National Parks & Wildlife, SA, Protection Act

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