Observer

Mark Ridgway

Species

• Anthela nicothoe / Urticating Anthelid ⁵

  id. by: Mark Ridgway

Tags / Aspects

• moth

Description

About 50mm across with wings closed. The orange around the head and thorax is not common.
Resting on a building wall under light fittings in a local nature reserve.
Cpommonly called 'Urticating Anthelid' because the hairs from the caterpillar 'urt.
This moth is incredibly variable coming in a range of fashionable colours including grey, cream, green, yellow, tan, brown and the various markings may each be present or not.

Collections

• Dandenong Ranges Lepidoptera

Date & Time

2014-10-23 10:01 AM [Melbourne]