Wood-grain Geometrid: S1, Female, Partial Hindwings

Wood-grain Geometrid (Gastrinopa xylistis)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (Geometridae:Ennominae:Lithinini) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Wood-grain Geometrid (Gastrinopa xylistis)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Female, Partial Hindwings🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The female we found has ~13mm length & ~35mm wingspan.
She was VERY dark. These are renown for tearing their wings very easily.

This species is

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

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