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Oenosandra boisduvalii
An attractive moth with a wing span of 50 mm. The thorax had dense grey and white setae. The fore wings were grey, fading to white towards the trailing margins. They showed minute flecks of black through out the wing and flecks of orange concentrated near the wing base. Under wings appeared white towards the trailing margins. The abdomen showed bands of orange and black.
Spotted across a national park ( attracted to night lights) Distyribution: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Oenosandra...
The females of this species are very different in appearance - they are white with a streak of black running down the fore wings. Larvae fed on various species of eucalytpus. Family: Oenosandridae Also called Snub moths
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Can't wait to see photos from Tas, Lori. Not much insect life here, except for a few moths. This one had a lucky escape-almost got stomped on sitting on a pavement in the shadows. I had to coax the wings open.
Nice. It's been moth season here. Doing their autumn swan-song. I need to put up my recent photos of them. Nothing as fancy as your fellow, though.
That's a pretty snappy outfit for this time of year.