Cryptic Snout Moth
Dorsal
Ellura
Cryptic Snout Moth
Forwing
 
                      
Cryptic Snout Moth (Arrade destituta)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Cryptic Snout Moth (Arrade destituta)
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Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† 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
~7mm long with a wingspan of ~22mm.
A stunning moth with various tufts giving it real presence, yet it's quite small.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Nov-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.