Wood Moth
Flinders Ranges
Arid Wood Moth
S1, Male, dorsal
 
                      
Witchetty Grub (Endoxyla leucomochla)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Wood Moth (:Cossoidea Cossidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Witchetty Grub (Endoxyla leucomochla)
This Photo:     🔍Female, profile🔎

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

General Species Information:
Found in the Flinders Ranges and possibly elsewhere
~190mm wingspan, ie huge.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 01-Nov-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.