Foolish Line-moth
S8, Male, profile
Ellura
Foolish Line-moth
S13, Female, profile
 
                      
Foolish Line-moth (Stibaroma aphronesa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Foolish Line-moth (Stibaroma aphronesa)
This Photo:     🔍S9, Male, profile🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16mm long, ~33mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae.
We originally though this was Stibaroma melanotoxa.
We have posted a number of individuals here to show how much this species can vary.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Mar-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.