Pink Tufted Moth Male, dorsal | Pink Tufted Moth Female, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tortrix Moth (:Tortricoidea Tortricidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Pink Tufted Moth (Heliocosma anthodes) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Male, profile🔎 | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~6mm long, ~15mm wingspan. Males have very thick antennae compared to females, both being filiform. | |||||
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