Urticating Anthelid: Hindwing

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:

Hindwing

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.
Found in February.

This species is

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

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