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Conservation status: Least Concern
This species of moth is found in Eastern Australia. Adult moths are black with a diagonal white bar across each wing. The abdomen is black with white bands and there is a yellow tuft of hairs on the tip. These moths are also known as "Day Moths" as, unusual for moths, they fly during the daytime.
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Lepidoptera
Noctuidae
Agaristinae
Platagarista
macleayi
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