Serrated Crest-moth: Male, dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)

Species:

Serrated Crest-moth (Nisista serrata)

This Photo:

Male, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body ~15mm, wingspan ~34mm.
Males & females have bipectinate antennae (2 rows of filaments), with males having longer pectinations as shown here.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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