White Tussock Moth S5, Female, ventral | Crescent-marked Tussock Moth Male, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Crescent-marked Tussock Moth (Acyphas pelodes) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Male, dorsal🔎 | ||||
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 2nd On-line Sighting in SA ~11mm long, ~27mm wingspan. A very pale version compared to other live photographs, but matches well with Bold specimens. The orange tufted body and wing markings line up. | |||||
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