Undescribed Rough-head Male, profile | Undescribed Rough-head Male, Hindwing | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Oakworm (:Noctuoidea Notodontidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Undescribed Rough-head (Hylaeora MoV1) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Male, Playing Dead🔎 | ||||
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 This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 2 as Hylaeora sp. (1) ~30mm long, ~70mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae. These have a complex of colour shades on the forewing. A stark white streak near front of the inner margin. At the back is a large triangular dark patch separated from the rest of the dark grey wing by a thick, very pale, line. It's almost indistinguishable, but definately there to the naked eye; photographing it is another matter. As with other Rough-heads the back of the neck is a complex array of large bluish scales. The overall colours & patterns are reminiscent of sap on bark of a Mallee Tree; the body matching the ochre colour of a broken limb. As with other members of this family, it plays dead a lot, curling up & exposing it's ochre body. Came to night light, but was on the ground. | |||||
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