Insigillated Carpet Moth
Male: profile
Insigillated Carpet Moth
Male: ventral
| Insigillated Carpet Moth Male: profile | | Insigillated Carpet Moth Male: ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae) | ||||
| Species: | Insigillated Carpet Moth (Chloroclystis insigillata) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male: Wing tuft | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Head & body ~7mm, wingspan ~20mm. Males have obvious deformations covered in scale tufts on the forwing costa (leading edge). The deformations are also visible underneath. Both males & females have filiform antennae. A male found in May and a female in August. | |||||
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