Prominent Zig-zag Moth
S1, Female, dorsal
Prominent Zig-zag Moth
S3, Male, dorsal
| Prominent Zig-zag Moth S1, Female, dorsal | | Prominent Zig-zag Moth S3, Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Oakworm (:Noctuoidea Notodontidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Prominent Zig-zag Moth (Commonia hesychima) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III†, Axel Kallies & Simon Ong for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~16mm long & ~37mm wingspan. Males & Females are similar size. Males have strongly bi-pectinate antennae, where as females have filiform. S2, Female, here was very worn, but is the parent of the eggs. These are a fairly rare moth and are found from WA, thru SA into Western Victoria. What can appear to be heavy notches in the trailing edge of the forwing are actually white scales between darker scales. Hindwings are pale to off-while with no obvious pattern, but we weren't able to get a photo. | |||||
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