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Oxycanus dirempta
This beautiful reddish-pink moth had a wing span of about 60 mm. Each fore wing showed a white streak from the base to the trailing margin. Hind wings appeared to be a pale brown with tinges of orange. The undersides of the wings were a pinkish-brown.
Occurrence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Te larvae pupate in burrows on the ground and they wriggle up to the surface when the adult is ready to emerge.
The wing patterns seem to vary in these moths,- a previous one from 3 years ago in the same area:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/249...
Spotted on May 23, 2017
Submitted on Jun 12, 2017
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