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Gum-leaf Skeletoniser - male

Uraba lugens Walker

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A grey moth, a little over 10mm long. Both wings showed a broad patchy grey band bordered by jagged lines and a dark straight line running through the band.
Antennae were short and feathery.

Habitat:

Spotted under bright lights near a sports field.

Notes:

Similar to moth in spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/225206041
but smaller.
Thanks to Peter Marriott for the ID. This is the male moth - an adult of the Hatted Caterpillar seen in this spotting
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8763147

Family: Nolidae

Species ID Suggestions

Gum leaf Skeletonizer moth

Uraba lugens Walker

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