Bat-eared Snub-moth
S2, Adult Male, Face
Boisduval's Autumn Moth
Male, Adult, dorsal
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| Bat-eared Snub-moth S2, Adult Male, Face | | Boisduval's Autumn Moth Male, Adult, dorsal | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Snub Moth (Noctuoidea:Oenosandridae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Bat-eared Snub-moth (Discophlebia ANIC1)| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Adult Male, ventral🔎 | Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~17mm long, ~37mm wingspan. Male antennae have pectinations, while female's are filiform. Orange tail, white hindwings with dark scales & dark long hairs on the costa & inner edge. Notice the "fork tipped scales". These sit with their head folded down & in, making it very difficult to see their eyes. They have 2 crests, which resemble bat-ears. While we recognised these as Discophlebia, Alex kindly matched them to the ANIC sp 1 specimens. As such, it's known but undescribed.
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