Tactile Tuft Moth S3, Scales, close up | Pale Earias S2, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tuft Moth (:Noctuoidea Nolidae) | ||||
Species: | Pale Earias (Earias chlorodes) | ||||
This Photo: | S2, dorsal | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere It is similar to some Phytometra, but they have thicker legs, longer palps & more triangular wings. As the name suggests (chlorodes) they can be green, but generally seem to be pale yellow/off white. Difficult to id with no lines or patterns whatsoever, id has to be made via physical attributes (large eyes kicking off the diagnostic filters | |||||
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