Black-twisted Grass-moth: Female, partial Hindwing

Black-twisted Grass-moth (Ciampa melanostrepta)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Black-twisted Grass-moth (Ciampa melanostrepta)

This Photo:

Female, partial Hindwing

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
Notice these have a small knobbly horn. Males & females have bipectinate antennae, with the males having very long pectinations.

This species is

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

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