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Sorama bicolor
This moth looks like it has been too near a fire!
About 24mm long, some orange red tints under a topcoat of singed black. Also note bonus mystery egg? top right in last pic.
Under night lights at the local school.
May also be called 'Two-coloured Notodontid'. Found in southern Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas and southern WA. Larvae feed on eucalyptus.
family: NOTODONTIDAE
subfamily: NOTODONTINAE
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
Spotted on Oct 20, 2014
Submitted on Oct 22, 2014
7 Comments
Thanks Charlie. Just checked the book too Vinny and it looks spot-on. That burnt stuff is fascinating. This one was under a powerful MV light so I thought it might just be really burnt. Ahh nature!!
Sorry Vinny - didn't read down the posts too see you had already found it ...i was looking for another moth ID tonight and remembered this moth , with the black burnt looking bits on it :)
Two-coloured Notodontid, Sorama bicolor
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
Think i might have found it Mark ...splitting image of your spotting :)
Thanks snakes, Diaz and Vinny. Diaz we don't have the Phobotron in Australia unfortunately and it doesn't resemble any of our other Limacodids. Vinny I'll get my book out after dinner... thanks :-)
Had a flick through Peter Marriott's moths of Victoria (Noctuoidea) and Saroma bicolor seems a very great fit.
Some kind of phobetron moth?
wow, weird! I am not sure what that cool moth is, or the egg....