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Lycid-mimicking Moth

Snellenia lineata

2 Species ID Suggestions

julia.mccoey
julia.mccoey 11 years ago
Lycid-mimicking Moth
Snellenia lineata Snellenia lineata
MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago
Lycid-mimicking Moth
Snellenia lineata Lycid-mimicking Moth - Snellenia lineata


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10 Comments

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

QLD bugs always have more colors!

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

They occur along the east coast of Australia from Victoria to southern Queensland according to 'Moths of Australia' - IFB Common. Here is one with more black wings but same species in Brisbane.
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

yours and mine look the same.
don't know if they will appear in any other place then VIC??

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

I have spotted one of these before; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/895...
They seem to have two pars of antennae but one of them are labial palps, part of their feeding organs. Many smaller moths have elogated palps
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

thanks martin as well!!!!! ^^

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

i actually have more unknown spotting

pls help ^^

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

thanks julia! you r the champ~~~!!!!!!!!!!

julia.mccoey
julia.mccoey 11 years ago

I FOUND IT! well the genus at least. It is some species of Snellenia!

kimkiu
kimkiu 11 years ago

i wanted to know what is that too ^^

julia.mccoey
julia.mccoey 11 years ago

These pictures are amazing! Anyone have any idea what sort of moth this is? Something weird is going on with its head; it seems to have two pairs of antennae! I suspect it might be a new moth, and its proboscis hasn't closed together yet? And that is what smaller curled pair of protuberances from its head are?

kimkiu
Spotted by
kimkiu

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 15, 2011
Submitted on May 15, 2012

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