White-lined Grass-moth
Male, Horn
Black-twisted Grass-moth
Female, partial Hindwing
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| White-lined Grass-moth Male, Horn | | Black-twisted Grass-moth Female, partial Hindwing | | ||
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini) | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | White-lined Grass-moth (Ciampa heteromorpha)| This Photo: | Male, ventral | Other name: | White-lined Pasture-moth | General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Head & body ~12mm, wingspan ~28mm. Note that, like the related Forked Grass-moth, this species also has a facial horn; diamond shaped. As with others in the genus, both genders have bipectinate (2 rowed) antennae, where the males pectinations are long & the females are short.
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