Ochre-headed Taxeotis Moth: S5, ventral

Ochre-headed Taxeotis Moth (Taxeotis exsectaria)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Oenochrominae)

Species:

Ochre-headed Taxeotis Moth (Taxeotis exsectaria)

This Photo:

S5, ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~7mm long, wingspan ~20mm.
Taxeotis moths are notoriously difficult to id. We've gone with T. exsectaria due to the ochre head, which is diagnostic, but the ochre wing bands are not seen on other examples. As such, this may be an undescribed species, which also has an ochre head. Hopefully it's just a local variation of T. excectaria.

This species is

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

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