Urticating Anthelid Hindwing | Urticating Anthelid Ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Anthelid Moth (:Bombycoidea Anthelidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Urticating Anthelid (Anthela nicothoe) | ||||
This Photo: | Antennae | ||||
Thank you Ethan Beaver & Ned Fisher for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere Head & body ~25mm, wingspan ~70mm. This is a fairly worn specimen. | |||||
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