Frosty Cape-moth
Male, dorsal
Frosty Cape-moth
Male, Hindwings
| Frosty Cape-moth Male, dorsal | | Frosty Cape-moth Male, Hindwings | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Frosty Cape-moth (Hypsitropha ANIC1) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Glenn Cocking for identifying, Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming and Peter Marriott & Matt Campbell for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~25mm wingspan. Males have thinner body & bipectinate antennae. Females have filiform antennae. They have a very distinctive. Top of body is pale orange/brown which is a bit unusual. There are 4 specimens shown on bold, all of which were found on the 30th Apr 1968. As such, they are rarely seen, or not well known and not recognised in collections. It's also possible they have a very short adult life. We've only seen them on one night in a season, and if not looking on that night they'd be missed. | |||||
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