Spotted Noctuid Moth
Ventral
Ellura
Orange Noctuid Moth
S2, profile
 
                      
Orange Noctuid Moth (Diatenes igneipicta)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Orange Noctuid Moth (Diatenes igneipicta)
This Photo:     S2, dorsal

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† & Leon Crang 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
~14mm long & ~37mm wingspan.
Males & Females both have filiform antennae, so determining gender is difficult. One specimen's body was so wide/stout we determined it to be female, but others were not so clear.

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 17-Nov-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.