White-lined Grass-moth
Male, Horn
Black-twisted Grass-moth
Female, partial Hindwing
| White-lined Grass-moth Male, Horn | | Black-twisted Grass-moth Female, partial Hindwing | | ||
 | 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. One specimen found in April. | |||||
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