Pink Tufted Moth
Female, profile
Ellura
Black & White Tufted Moth
Dorsal
 
                      
Black & White Tufted Moth (Heliocosma melanotypa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tortrix Moth (:Tortricoidea Tortricidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black & White Tufted Moth (Heliocosma melanotypa)
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Other name: Black and White Tufted Moth

Thank you Dr Bevan Buirchell 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:

Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Oct-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.