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Tree lucern moth (eastern form)
Uresiphita ornithopteralis
-37.8998, 145.313
Field Notes
Description:
A reddish-brown moth with whalebone femurs and knees around it's ears... About 22mm long, sweet brown eyes (at night), bone-white legs with large spines, even pink-tan colour on the upper wing surface but with faint darker markings, pointy mouth parts typical of Pyralidae, front-up posture.
Habitat:
Drawn to mercury vapour lamp at night at the local school.
Notes:
An incredibly variable moth - the pinkish ones are called the 'Eastern form' for Qld. NSW Vic, and Tas
There is a 'Western form' which is black and found in SA and WA It has since been spotted in the same area here.... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/137956004
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Uresiphita+ornithopteralis#tab_gallery
superfamily: PYRALOIDEA
family: CRAMBIDAE
subfamily: PYRAUSTINAE
tribe: Pyraustini
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