Black-edged Geometrid
S2, Male, ventral
Dry-country Line-moth
Female, dorsal
| Black-edged Geometrid S2, Male, ventral | | Dry-country Line-moth Female, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Black-edged Geometrid (Cycloprorodes melanoxysta) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S3, Female, ventral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Andy Young & Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Photo on Atlas 1st Sighting in SA since 1891: Male ~14mm long & ~35mm wingspan. Female ~12mm long & ~35mm wingspan. So similar size, with females have a shorter stout body. Males & females are both bipectinate, however, the male pectinations are noticably long than the females. Note the colour variation from rust red, through orange to pale brown. This is not gender specific, just individual variation. All these were photographed at Ellura, so it's also independant of location. | |||||
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