Diatenes gerula, is a member of a group of moths known as Erebidae Moths. Also known as an Owlet Moth, that is a common name given to the Noctuidae, the largest family of the Lepidoptera, that is a large and diverse family of moths.
The specimen pictured here was sighted in Alice Springs, Central Australia, NT.
Slight colour different due to camera flash.
More photos of this moth species on Alice Springs Diatenes gerula (Erebid Moth).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea
- Family: Erebidae
- Subfamily: Erebinae
- Tribe: Catocalini
- Genus: Diatenes
- Species: Diatenes gerula
Footnote & References
- Diatenes gerula Guenée, 1852, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Diatenes gerula
- Erebidae Moths of SW Australia, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/11472
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