Patterned Notodontid
Larva, dorsal
Murray Mallee Region
Patterned Notodontid
Larva, Tufts
 
                      
Patterned Notodontid (Aglaosoma cf variegata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Oakworm (:Noctuoidea Notodontidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Patterned Notodontid (Aglaosoma cf variegata)
This Photo:     🔍Larva, profile🔎

Thank you Ethan Beaver & Peri Coleman for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
~63mm long, found on Bullock Bush (Alectryon oleifolius).

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Sep-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.