Pale-bordered Cape-moth
Dorsal
Ellura
White-winged Wedge-moth
Female, profile
 
                      
White-winged Wedge-moth (Capusa cf cuculloides)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)
Species: White-winged Wedge-moth (Capusa cf cuculloides)
This Photo:     Female, dorsal

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Head & body ~18mm, wingspan ~32mm.
The lack of black on the trailing edge of the hind wing means this isn't C. senilis

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Jun-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.