Crexa Moth -female

Description:

An brown moth with attractive white, grey and black patterns and a wing span of about 40 mm. Wings were tented, with a white tipped abdomen just visible at the rear end. The head and thorax was covered with dense short white setae with the thorax showing three dark spots. The antennae were dark and feathery (Main Pic). The underside of the wings appeared to be of a similar colour as the upper side and the abdomen showed bands of sooty brown and white.

Habitat:

Spotted in a nature reserve resting on a spiky acacia next to a Cherry Ballart tree ( native cherry). Larvae of these moths feed on Cherry Ballart (Exocarpos cupressiformis) Distribution: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Genduara+p...

Notes:

A previous spotting shows eggs of this species http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/138... One synonym: Crexa anthraxoides Family: Lasiocampidae (Snout Moths) This Lasiocampid has no "snout"
Both males and females of this species are said to have feathery antennae.male moths are smaller and rapidly lose scales.