Doubleday's Footman
Female, dorsal
Adelaide Hills
Doubleday's Footman
Female, hindwings
 
                      
Doubleday's Footman (Castulo doubledayi)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Doubleday's Footman (Castulo doubledayi)
This Photo:     Female, profile

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
The female was ~8-9mm long with wingspan of ~28mm.
Males have bipectinate antennae, females have filiform.
The only 2 specimens we found were very worn & damaged. The white marks on the males forewing, eg, are damage not patterns. Fortunately one was male & one female to show the differences.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Mar-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.