Dusky-barred Geometrid
S2: Female, Underwing
Dodonaea Moth
S2: dorsal
| Dusky-barred Geometrid S2: Female, Underwing | | Dodonaea Moth S2: dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Macariini) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Dodonaea Moth (Parosteodes fictiliaria) | ||||
| This Photo: | S1: dorsal | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A HIGHLY variable moth, making id for ameteurs like ourselves difficult. The MoV books have helped us immensely with separating these out from other unidentified Gemotrids Head & body ~13mm, wingspan ~32mm. Males have very finely bipectinate antennae, nearly invisible, which makes the antennae look thicker in males. As such, gender determination is very difficult with less than macro photography or a ventral view. These are one of the few species where colour can change with age as a pinned specimen. Colour & pattern variations are not gender based. 7 Specimens found in April, May, Sept & Nov. | |||||
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