Wasp Moth Head, iso | Wasp Moth Head, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae) | ||||
Species: | Wasp Moth (Amata aperta) | ||||
This Photo: | Head, dorsal | ||||
Other name: | Day-flying Tiger Moth | ||||
Thank you Peter Marriott for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We haven't seen them on Ellura until this one flew past one evening. A week later and we were happily inundated with them. These species within the Amata genus are very difficult to distinguish; with even experts & the Australian National Insect Collection have trouble. They have a lot of varition within species, with A. Aperta generally having more orange head, and the area on the wing between the outside 2 patches being oranged, or an another blotch of orange. They all have orange patches on wings, with Black & orange striped body and a longitudinal orange stripe on each leg. Males are larger & have a thinner body, compared with females. Similar Species: Wasp Moth (Amata xanthura) | |||||
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