Bold Phrataria: S3, Female, dorsal

Bold Phrataria (Phrixocomes hedrasticha)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Oenochrominae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Bold Phrataria (Phrixocomes hedrasticha)

This Photo:

🔍S3, Female, dorsal🔎

Thank you BaronSamedi for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~13mm long
These are quite unusual in that the males have mono-pectinate, or uni-pectinate antennae. While female's are filiform.
They have tufts of their forewings, which look like black spots in the dorsal views.
We think of these as Nola mimics; probably because we discovered Nola moths first

We've photographed 4 specimens in Jan, Feb & Mar

This species is

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

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