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Anthela repleta Moth

Anthela repleta

Description:

wingspan 4cm across , beautiful markings of tans. browns , golds , scalloped pattern in black ..alot of hair around head area , large antanae

Habitat:

Gum and eucalypt coastal region , close to ocean. Come into the house and landed on a wooden cupboard near a side lamp.

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4 Comments

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

I think you are very correct Leuba ..found this page also
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/sp...

Thankyou so very much for your help :)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice & fresh !

I think it's Anthela repleta

http://bencruachan.org/blog/?p=15016

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Looked at what Tony has listed and come up trumps , has such beautiful markings ..will post into the Tas flickr insect site as well .

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Gorgeous Anthelidae --- ?

CharliePrice
Spotted by
CharliePrice

Tasmania, Australia

Spotted on Oct 10, 2014
Submitted on Oct 14, 2014

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