Western Australia MothsWA Moth Index Abantiades hydrographus Anomis definata Ardices glatignyi Austropaschia porrigens Ctenoplusia albostriata Hestiochora occidentalis Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hippotion scrofa (Coprosma Hawk Moth) Myrtartona rufiventris Synemon spp
Anomis definata is said to be a common moth that is pale brown, with a number of darker submarginal lines on the forewings, although the genus Anomis is quite variable across the species.
The following photographs were from a local light trapping area in the Yalgorup S F. / Yalgorup National Park in Western Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Scoliopteryginae
- Genus: Anomis
- Species: Anomis definata
Footnote & References
- Anomis definata, Photographs © Paul Kay
- Anomis definata T.P. Lucas, 1894, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/96f98db2-a6e3-4cf1-aac8-7a5dcc6becd9
- Anomis definata, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1473148-Anomis-definata
- Ripple lined knob nose moth Anomis definata, Steve & Alison1, Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/72842252@N04/53525635643/in/photostream/
- Anomis definata T.P. Lucas, 1894, Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths, https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/scol/definata.html
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