Bogong Moth
S3, Male, dorsal
Bogong Moth
S6, Female, dorsal
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| Bogong Moth S3, Male, dorsal | | Bogong Moth S6, Female, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Bogong Moth (Agrotis infusa)| This Photo: | 🔍S4, Male, Light Morph, dorsal🔎 | Thank you Matt Campbell, Dianne Clarke & Karen Weaving for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and elsewhere ~22mm long, wingspan ~45mm Males have bipectinate antennae, female's are filiform. In 2021 this species was added to the IUCN Red List as an Endangered Species. Due to climate change their numbers have dwindled precariously since 2016.
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