![]() | Looper Moth S2, Profile, dark morph | Dark Desert Bark Moth Profile | ![]() | |||
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Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
Species: | Dark Desert Bark Moth (Psilosticha loxoschema)This Photo: | Dorsal | Synonym: | Ectropis loxoschema | 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) and elsewhere Head & body is ~9mm long, with a wingspan of ~28mm. Very similar wing patterns to our Spider-mimicking moth males, but the antennae are very different. Here they are weakly bipectinate, and the females are not flightless; looking like the males. Similar Species: Spider-mimicking Moth (Zermizinga sinuata)
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