Tactile Tuft Moth: S3, Scales, close up

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tuft Moth (Noctuoidea:Nolidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Tactile Tuft Moth (Aquita tactalis)

This Photo:

🔍S3, Scales, close up🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies & (RattyExplores ) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~11mm long, ~32mm wingspan

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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