Belair National Park Butterflies and MothsHeteronympha merope (Common Brown) Nemophora laurella
Nemophora laurella is a moth of the Adelidae family, found in the southern parts of Australia, having been documented in both South Australia and Victoria. It is an interesting looking moth, that has a metallic sheen to the wings. It has a wingspan of about 1 cm with antennae that are up to twice as long as the wings.
They are usually seen on the flowers of Bursaria spinosa, in the family Pittosporaceae. Bursaria spinosa is a flowering shrub to a small tree that is found mainly in the eastern and southern half of Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Suborder: Glossata
- Informal: Heteroneura
- Superfamily: Adeloidea
- Family: Adelidae
- Subfamily: Adelinae
- Genus: Nemophora
- Species: Nemophora laurella
- Subspecies:
- Heteronympha merope duboulayi (Butler, 1867)
- Heteronympha merope merope (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heteronympha merope salazar Fruhstorfer, 1911
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Marianne Broug
- Nemophora laurella, mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=933020&user_id=mariannebroug&verifiable=any
- Nemophora laurella (Newman, 1856), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f2bf3b3a-145c-4400-af18-420fc5e93aed
- Nemophora laurella, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/933020-Nemophora-laurella
Belair National Park Butterflies and MothsHeteronympha merope (Common Brown) Nemophora laurella
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