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Clouded Footman
Anestia ombrophanes
-37.9244, 145.576
Field Notes
Description:
With a wing span of a little more than 15mm, this attractive moth had grey and white patterns on both sides of the fore wings. The hind wings were a beautiful yellow and without pattern on both sides. The outer margins of all four wings had a dark fringe.
Thorax was dark with a white patch. Abdomen showed dense yellow setae.
Feathery antennae suggests that this is a male moth.
Habitat:
This moth was spotted clinging from a spider web on an outer wall of a building- it was barely alive. There were native trees around this building.
Notes:
My thanks to Jakubko for the ID.
Here is a previous spotting of the clouded footman caterpillar
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9989608
Belongs to the family Arctiidae
Reference Links:
Anestia ombrophanes
Species ID Suggestions
Clouded Footman
Anestia ombrophanes
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 14, 2013
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