Four-spot Cape-moth
S1, Male, profile
Four-spot Cape-moth
S1, Male, ventral
| Four-spot Cape-moth S1, Male, profile | | Four-spot Cape-moth S1, Male, ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Four-spot Cape-moth (Androchela milvaria) | ||||
| This Photo: | S1, Male, anterior | ||||
| Synonym: | Amelora milvaria | ||||
Thank you Ned Fisher for confirming and Axel Kallies for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Males have bipectinate (2 rowed) antennae, females have filiform. The 2 lateral lines are made up of spots, that are joined with dark shading. Between the lines also tends to be a darker band. As the name suggests, there is a large central black spot on all four wings. | |||||
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