Grey Bark Moth
S21, Female, partial Hindwings
Tufted Bark Moth
S1, Male, dorsal
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| Grey Bark Moth S21, Female, partial Hindwings | | Tufted Bark Moth S1, Male, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Geometer (Geometridae:Ennominae:Boarmiini) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Grey Bark Moth (Lipogya exprimataria)| This Photo: | S21, Adult Female, ventral | Synonym: | Larentia exprimataria | 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 ~10mm long and wingspan of ~22mm. Males have bipectinate antennae (where the pectinations are very long), while the females have filiform antennae. Thanks to Axel Kallies for letting us know our S21 here (which we thought was Lipoya eutheta) is Lipogya exprimataria.
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