Insigillated Carpet Moth: Male, Wing tuft

Insigillated Carpet Moth (Chloroclystis insigillata)

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, Wing tuft

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.

This species is

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

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