Crimson Beauty Female, profile | Crimson Beauty Female, anterior | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Agaristinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Crimson Beauty (Cremnophora angasii) | ||||
This Photo: | Female, Body | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~14mm long & 35mm wingspan. The pink colours in this species are quite spectacular, even it's palps are pure pink! A black & white moth, with a row of crimson spots along the outer margin (trailing) of it's forwings. These spots are visible underneath, but are missing on it's hindwings. It's front legs also have splashes of crimson around the joints. To add to the contrast, the antennae are a pale orange / yellow colour. The female has thread like antennae (as shown here) while males have bipectinate antennae. | |||||
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