Undescribed Bark Moth
Male, dorsal
Ellura
Undescribed Bark Moth
Male, Two Raised Scale Tufts
 
                      
Undescribed Bark Moth (Lipogya MoV1)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini)
Species: Undescribed Bark Moth (Lipogya MoV1)
This Photo:     Male, profile

Thank you Marilyn Hewish for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 7 as Lipogya sp. (1), from 2011
It is also figured on Bold as Lipogya EF01, from 2012.
~11mm long & wingspan ~26mm.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Sep-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.