Grey Nearcha Moth
S23, Male, ventral
Ragged-leaf Moth
Female, anterior
| Grey Nearcha Moth S23, Male, ventral | | Ragged-leaf Moth Female, anterior | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Oenochrominae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Ragged-leaf Moth (Nycticleptes lechriodesma) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Ned Fisher for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Large moth at ~63mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, whereas females have filiform. We shone the torch at the old growth mallee & bushes around in front of the carport when checking the night light; to help attract inverts in our direction. We saw her comming in via the torch light & thought, "that's a bit bigger than usual"; yep classic understatement | |||||
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