Gypsum Carpet Moth
S3, ventral
Undescribed Carpet Moth
S1, Male, dorsal
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| Gypsum Carpet Moth S3, ventral | | Undescribed Carpet Moth S1, Male, dorsal | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Undescribed Carpet Moth (Chrysolarentia sp ES01)| This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, dorsal🔎 | Thank you 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 The females we measured were slightly larger @ ~19mm (S2) & ~20mm (S3) wingspan compared to the male @ ~17mm (S4) wingspan. Males have thick antennae compared with females, but it's not very obvious. There are a few similar looking moths that are quite variable; C. arachnitis, C. severata & C. squamulata. We thought these were C. severata, but Axel lifted our id to genus level. The lines on these are straighter than the others.
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