Southern Armyworm
S2: Female, dorsal
Woolly-bodied Golden Moth
S2, dorsal
| Southern Armyworm S2: Female, dorsal | | Woolly-bodied Golden Moth S2, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Plusiinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Woolly-bodied Golden Moth (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S2, profile🔎 | ||||
| Other names: | Green Looper or Green Garden Looper | ||||
Thank you Leon Crang for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~20mm long. Both genders have filiform antennae. "Green looper", what a lame common name for such an exquisite beast! It's referring to the larval stage. The translated name is much more spectacular, Woolly-body Golden Moth! As you can see, these moths have strong gold reflections. And what a magnificent Thoracic Crest! Notice the little tuft further back along the body, as well as at the end/posterir? The wings actually have "spurs" along the inner margin that create these tuft; as such they're not moveable (up & down) like tufts in other moths. | |||||
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