![]() | Serrated Crest-moth Male, profile | Serrated Crest-moth Male, ventral | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
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, Hingwing | 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.
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