Dusky-barred Geometrid: S1: Female, dorsal

Dusky-barred Geometrid (Paramelora zophodesma)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Macariini)

Species:

Dusky-barred Geometrid (Paramelora zophodesma)

This Photo:

S1: Female, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body ~12mm, wingspan ~14mm. Male antennae are bipectinate, females filiform.
Like their close relations, the Flame Geometrid, these have small red flecks; individual scales that are red.
S2 has an unusual line which runs around most of the of the wing edges.
Found 2 females on one night in October.

This species is

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

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