Wood Moth:

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Wood Moth (:Cossoidea Cossidae)

Species:

Wood Moth (Endoxyla coscinophanes)

This Photo:

Other name:

Goat Moth

Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
As with all these Endoxylas, id to species for amateurs is nearly impossible; due to wear & the variable nature of their patterns. We are lucky to have experts help us with our id's for these difficult to id species.

This species is

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

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