Cryptic Bark Moth: Male, dorsal

Cryptic Bark Moth (Gastrinodes argoplaca)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Cryptic Bark Moth (Gastrinodes argoplaca)

This Photo:

🔍Male, dorsal🔎

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Males ~12mm long, ~34mm wingspan
The hindwings mimic the forewings along the inner margin (body edge), with dark scalloping along the outer margin (trailing edge), but then fade to plain brown in the middle.

This species is

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

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