White-shouldered Moth: S1, Female, profile

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

White-shouldered Moth (Acontia clerana)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Female, profile🔎

Thank you Larney Grenfell for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long, ~19mm wingspan Female (based on the colouration of the front of the wings. Males are mainly white near the front of the wings.

This species is

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

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