Webbed Grey Male, underwings | Insigillated Carpet Moth Female, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Insigillated Carpet Moth (Chloroclystis insigillata) | ||||
This Photo: | Male, dorsal | ||||
Synonym: | Sigilliclystis insigillata | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Head & body ~7mm, wingspan ~20mm. Males have obvious deformations covered in scale tufts on the forwing costa (leading edge). The deformations are also visible underneath. Both males & females have filiform antennae. | |||||
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