Dryland Bark Moth
Male, dorsal
Dryland Bark Moth
Male, ventral
| Dryland Bark Moth Male, dorsal | | Dryland Bark Moth Male, ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Dryland Bark Moth (Scioglyptis sp) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, underwing | ||||
Thank you Marilyn Hewish for identifying and Axel Kallies for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~10mm long & 28mm wingspan. Males have very large bipectinate (2 rowed) antennae, where as the females have thin thread-like antennae. We thought this was Scioglyptis loxographa, but Marilyn Hewish kindly advised otherwise. They are quite similar, and MoV (Moths of Victoria) Part 7 has excellent images of the diagnostic differences. This is a worn specimen making id difficult. | |||||
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