Rain Moth: Female, ventral

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Swift Moth (:Hepialoidea Hepialidae)

Species:

Rain Moth (Abantiades sp)

This Photo:

Female, ventral

Synonym:

Trictena

Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
Very large moth that emerge after early autumn rains.

This species is

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

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