Rusty Snout Moth: Male, Hindwing

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Snout Moth (:Bombycoidea Lasiocampidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Rusty Snout Moth (Symphyta MoV1)

This Photo:

🔍Male, Hindwing🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~18mm long, ~35mm wingspan. They have very finely scoloped trailing wings, with the points highlighted with black. A very buff looking moth.
We've photographed 4 males that came to night lights in Nov, Dec & Jan.

This species is

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

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