Dusky-barred Geometrid: S2, 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:

S2, 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.

This species is

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

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