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Odontiinae
Anemosa exanthes
-37.893, 145.313
Field Notes
Description:
About 20mm long. Interesting tufts on legs. Subtle tans with white patterns.
Habitat:
Attracted to lights at the edge of a local national park. Two specimens found.
Notes:
Formerly known as Drymiarcha exanthes. The genus Anemosa was previously placed in CHRYSAUGINAE; PYRALIDAE.
Very cold weather recently but a single warm night drew these from the forest.
Found in southern NSW and Victoria. Life cycle relatively unknown. Uncommon. <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2a… <br> This is the female of this http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1211297373
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Anemosa exanthes
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PublishedOctober 12, 2017
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