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Phalaenoides tristifica
Body underneath is orange (not shown). This is a diurnal moth which has become a pest to grape growers. About 30mm long body.
In a local nature reserve.
Another one that has taken a liking to introduced grape vines.
family: NOCTUIDAE
subfamily: Agaristinae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/sp...
Spotted on Nov 11, 2014
Submitted on Nov 13, 2014
3 Comments
Moths know when they are onto a good thing ...too beautiful to be a pest :(
Thanks James. This moth family, Agaristinae, are mostly black with white, and mostly daytime flyers - so extra confusing with butterflies. I think this one has invaded the US too from memory... following the grape vines. A wino moth!
Beautiful....from the shape I would have guessed a butterfly. Thanks for sharing another beauty Mark!