Fine-lined Cape-moth
S1, Dorsal, dark morph
Ellura
Fine-lined Cape-moth
S3, Hind wing, dark morph
 
                      
Fine-lined Cape-moth (Loweria stenoscia)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Fine-lined Cape-moth (Loweria stenoscia)
This Photo:     S2, Dorsal, pale morph

Thank you Ethan Beaver for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
A variable species with thin orange longitudinal marks that form a horizontal line; sometimes with a dark spot on the forewing

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.