Crescent-marked Tussock Moth
Male, profile
Ellura
Crescent-marked Tussock Moth
Male, Abdominal Tufts
 
                      
Crescent-marked Tussock Moth (Acyphas pelodes)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Crescent-marked Tussock Moth (Acyphas pelodes)
This Photo:     🔍Male, Hindwing🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
2nd On-line Sighting in SA
~11mm long, ~27mm wingspan.
A very pale version compared to other live photographs, but matches well with Bold specimens. The orange tufted body and wing markings line up.

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.