Dark Desert Bark Moth: Dorsal

Dark Desert Bark Moth (Psilosticha loxoschema)

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)

This species is

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

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