Scotodes Carpet
Anterior
Grey Carpet Moth
Male, dorsal
| Scotodes Carpet Anterior | | Grey Carpet Moth Male, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Scotodes Carpet (Eucymatoge scotodes) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Ventral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying and Ned Fisher for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~9mm long & ~28mm wingspan. The lighting has been bumped up to the wazzoo to highlight the lines/patterns/colours. Otherwise it would just appear like a black moth, not very diagnostic. While not actually black, it's very dark. As such, several similar shots showing different perspectives; lighting, wing placement & focus. These are all of the same specimen. It's quite worn, with a lot of missing scales over the wing. The hindwings are also damaged/missing pieces at the posterior. We originally thought this was Horisme mortuata. | |||||
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