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Pterolocera sp.
Plush moth about 28mm across wings back. A line of dark spots near outer margin. Dark areas on costa near base. Deep orange-red colour particularly near head and thorax. Antennae highly plumose black on white.
Attracted to lights remaining until daylight. In a local nature reserve adjoining a eucalyptus dominated national park.
Pterolocera rubescens is a possibility but work needs to be done to determine the Victorian species (of which there are three as yet un-named). - (Peter Marriott on BB)
superfamily: BOMBYCOIDEA
family: ANTHELIDAE
subfamily: ANTHELINAE
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Apr 13, 2014
Submitted on Apr 14, 2014
4 Comments
ID confirmed. :-)
Thanks Mac and DrN. The photos aren't very good because it was trapped inside a light cage but this one is about the ID. No image exists for this species yet so I have tried to match it from original written papers and might be very wrong. I will put it up to the national museum lepidoptera people and report back later.
Great macro work, Mark.
Nice one Mark