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Anthelid moth

Pterolocera sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Plush moth about 28mm across wings back. A line of dark spots near outer margin. Dark areas on costa near base. Deep orange-red colour particularly near head and thorax. Antennae highly plumose black on white.

Habitat:

Attracted to lights remaining until daylight. In a local nature reserve adjoining a eucalyptus dominated national park.

Notes:

Pterolocera rubescens is a possibility but work needs to be done to determine the Victorian species (of which there are three as yet un-named). - (Peter Marriott on BB) <br>

superfamily: BOMBYCOIDEA <br>
family: ANTHELIDAE <br>
subfamily: ANTHELINAE <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:78… <br>

Reference Links:

Pterolocera rubescens, Lepidoptera Barcode of Life

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Mac and DrN. The photos aren't very good because it was trapped inside a light cage but this one is about the ID. No image exists for this species yet so I have tried to match it from original written papers and might be very wrong. I will put it up to the national museum lepidoptera people and report back later.

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PublishedApril 14, 2014

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