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( Hylaeora eucalypti) - Female
Very furry head , soft and fluffy. grey, brown and cream mottled markings . Was about 18cm in length
Found on my kitchen side bench from leaving the back fly screen open by accident , he just flew straight in .
A friend told me it was this Abantiades cf. labyrinthicus a member of the Ghost and Swift Moth family. Thought i would add this too see if anyone knows for sure. Image search , pointed in the right direction , have this beauty sorted. :) Thankyou so much for the ID help with this one :)
Spotted on Jun 21, 2014
Submitted on Aug 18, 2014
5 Comments
Yeah that looks better - nice find L - love the common name too.
Gum Rough-head ( Hylaeora eucalypti) - Female
As i stated , a friend tried , and gave me a suggestion only , this is the place for HELP...grattitude. :)
Thankyou Leuba , i think you are correct with this one , its nearly identical , and i did an image search and found more , AWESOME...will update and change now :)
Lovely moth but confusing as far as ID is concerned. To me it also has features of a Notodontid.
Possibly a female Gum Rough-head ( Hylaeora eucalypti). Have a look at this Charlie - yours is obviously shot from a different angle.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
This one is found in Tassy as well.
Just off the top of my head (no wonder there's no hair there) it looks to me like one of the Cossidae (different to Hepialidae) - many species in Aus.. some truly huge (including the heaviest moth known. Check 'Wattle' and 'Goat' moths probably Endoxyla sp.
Not too happy with labyrinthicus.. they mostly have an amazing maze pattern around the wings. They are quite variable though (and dimorphic) and so are most of it's cousins unfortunately.
Here's on of ours http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/155...
I'll have a look for this one...