Rusty Snout Moth
S5, Male, dorsal
Rusty Snout Moth
S7, Male, dorsal
| Rusty Snout Moth S5, Male, dorsal | | Rusty Snout Moth S7, Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Snout Moth (:Bombycoidea Lasiocampidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Rusty Snout Moth (Symphyta MoV1) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S6, Male, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~18mm long, ~35mm wingspan. This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 1 as Symphyta sp. (1). They have very finely scoloped trailing wings, with the points highlighted in black. A very buff looking moth. Usually they sit with their antennae tucked away under their wings, but we got one with it's antennae protruding. | |||||
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