![]() | Arid Wood Moth S2, Male, dorsal | Arid Wood Moth S1, Male, anterior | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
Family: | Wood Moth (:Cossoidea Cossidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
Species: | Arid Wood Moth (Endoxyla punctifimbria)This Photo: | S1, Male, profile | Other name: | Goat Moth | Thank you Peter Marriott for identifying and Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We found 2 Males, one was ~45mm long, wingspan ~90mm; the other ~35mm long & wingspan ~62mm. A huge difference in size.
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