Black & White Crest-moth
Male, Hindwings
Red-tracked Geometrid
Female, dorsal
| Black & White Crest-moth Male, Hindwings | | Red-tracked Geometrid Female, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Red-tracked Geometrid (Plesiolaea maritima) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, dorsal | ||||
Thank you Don Herbison-Evans, Prof Victor W Fazio III†, Axel Kallies, Ben Kurek & Craig Polkinghorne for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~11mm long & wingspan 28mm. The female has 3 very distinctive red streaks (2 lateral & one diagonal) on a grey dapled background. It has a small tuft on each side above the head, and 2 black spots under it's hind wings. It tends to sit with it's wings wrapped around it's body like a cylinder, but can sit with it's wings out flat. It plays dead easily making photography of it's underneath nearly impossible. Thanks to Don Herbison-Evan for confirming our 2nd specimen is the male of this species, based on the forewing tip markings | |||||
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