Undescribed Tussock Moth: Larva 2, dorsal

Undescribed Tussock Moth (Acyphas cf sp)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)

Species:

Undescribed Tussock Moth (Acyphas cf sp)

This Photo:

Larva 2, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
This doesn't look like either of the two Acyphas species (larvae) above we get in SA. It's possibly A. pelodes but the larvae for that species hasn't been photographed on-line.

This species is

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

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