Bird-dropping Lichen Moth - Philenora aspectalella

Family Arctiidae 

This page contains pictures and information about Bird-dropping Lichen Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 15mm

 

This moth mimics bird-dropping in dirty black and white colours. There are black bars across wings connected with zigzag line. During the day it was usually found resting on leaf. 

 

  

 

Picture was taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. This moth mimics the bird-dropping. The last picture shows the moth just came out from pupa on Acacia leaf.

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Reference:

1. Philenora aspectalella - Some Australian Moths from South-East Queensland, Ian McMillan, 2006.

2. Philenora aspectalella (Walker, 1864) - Australian Caterpillars by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2009. 

3. Moths of Victoria: part two, Tiger moths and allies Noctuoidea (A) - Peter Marriott, Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, p24.

4. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p436, pl.18.7. 

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Last updated: November 11, 2011.