Gold Threaded Panty Moth
Female, dorsal
Ellura
Gold Threaded Panty Moth
Female, anterior
 
                      
Gold Threaded Panty Moth (Pantydia MoV1)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)
Species: Gold Threaded Panty Moth (Pantydia MoV1)
This Photo:     Female, profile

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This is figured in Moths of Victoria, part 8, as Pantydia sp. (1). It is also on Bold as Pantydia ANIC4.
~17mm long with wingspan of ~38mm.
The ventral pattern on the hindwing separates this from other Pantydia species.
Males have slightly thicker antennae and are more difficult to id (vary more) than the females; which (females) also have a thicker body.
Interestingly this perfect specimen (very fresh?) shows a medial spot under each hindwing which isn't very obvious in other resources.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Jul-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.