Wattle Cup Moth S2, Larva, ventral | Cup Moth Larva, back | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Cup Moth (:Zygaenoidea Limacodidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Wattle Cup Moth (Calcarifera ordinata) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S5, Male, ventral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Don Herbison-Evans, Axel Kallies, Dr Bevan Buirchell, Karen Weaving & James Peake for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Adult males ~13mm.The larva was ~20mm long. These seem to be a fairly rare moth, but we seem to have a good population of them. | |||||
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