Lydia's Wave Moth: S1: Female, dorsal, wingspan ~15mm

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Sterrhinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Lydia's Wave Moth (Scopula lydia)

This Photo:

S1: Female, dorsal, wingspan ~15mm

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
Males have antennae filaments, and are browner with less distinct markings than females.

This species is

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

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