Foolish Line-moth
S1, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Foolish Line-moth
S8, Male, dorsal
 
                      
Foolish Line-moth (Stibaroma aphronesa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Foolish Line-moth (Stibaroma aphronesa)
This Photo:     S2, Male, dorsal

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16mm long, ~33mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae.
We originally though this was Stibaroma melanotoxa.
We have posted a number of individuals here to show how much this species can vary.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.