Grey Bark Moth
S21, Adult Female, anterior
Ellura
Grey Bark Moth
S21, Adult Female, ventral
 
                 
Grey Bark Moth (Lipogya exprimataria)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, Female, partial Hindwings
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.

Copyright © 2018-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Sep-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.