Boisduval's Autumn Moth: Larva, dorsal

Boisduval's Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvalii)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Snub Moth (:Noctuoidea Oenosandridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Boisduval's Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvalii)

This Photo:

🔍Larva, dorsal🔎

Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) & Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The males & females of these are VERY different, you wouldn't recognise them as the same species. The female has a very white base colour, where as the male is more grey; and the orange flecks on the spread out rather than being in the narrow black region like with the females.

This species is

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

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