Red-lined Geometer
Female, ventral
Ellura
Undescribed Grey
S3, Male, dorsal
 
                      
Emerald Moth (Euloxia ochthaula)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Geometrinae)
Species: Emerald Moth (Euloxia ochthaula)
This Photo:     Female, dorsal

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Males have bipectinate antennae, females like here have filiform antennae.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.