Desert Footman: S1, Dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Desert Footman (Thallarcha rhaptophora)

This Photo:

S1, Dorsal

Thank you Dr Bevan Buirchell for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Males ~8mm long, ~25mm wingspan & have bipectinate antennae (but the pectinations are quite short)
Females ~6mm long, ~20mm wingspan and have filiform antennae.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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