Grey Carpet Moth: Female, ventral

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae)

Species:

Grey Carpet Moth (Hypycnopa delotis)

This Photo:

Female, ventral

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body ~7mm, wingspan ~18mm.
Males have bipectinate antennae (2 rows of filaments), with very long pectinations, while females have thread-like antennae (filiform).
Males also have a pale yellow patch on the hindwing, which is difficult to see with live specimens.

This species is

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

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