Scrofa Hawk Moth
S3, Male, Forewing
Scrofa Hawk Moth
S2, Male, under wings
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| Scrofa Hawk Moth S3, Male, Forewing | | Scrofa Hawk Moth S2, Male, under wings | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Hawk Moth (:Bombycoidea Sphingidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Scrofa Hawk Moth (Hippotion scrofa)| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Male, Hindwing🔎 | Other name: | Coprosma Hawk Moth | Thank you Matt Campbell, Prof Victor W Fazio III†, David Muirhead (DaveMMDave) & Dr Bostjan Dvorak for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~35mm long & ~70mm wingspan. Came to night light. Female as it has no hairs/pectinations/filaments on the antennae. While not obvious, the male does have tiny ones as can be seen in the photo's here. Stunning red or orange (depending on specimen) hind wings.
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