Boisduval's Autumn Moth
Male, Adult, dorsal
Ellura
Boisduval's Autumn Moth
Male, Adult, anterior
 
                      
Boisduval's Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvalii)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Snub Moth (:Noctuoidea Oenosandridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Boisduval's Autumn Moth (Oenosandra boisduvalii)
This Photo:     Male, Adult, profile

Thank you Matt Campbell & Geoffrey Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The males & females of these are VERY different, you wouldn't recognise them as the same species. The female has a very white base colour, where as the male is more grey; and the orange flecks on the spread out rather than being in the narrow black region like with the females.

Copyright © 2009-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Mar-2009
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.