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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)     iNaturalist Observation
	Order:	Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
	Family:	Geometer (:Geometridae Sterrhinae)
	Species:	Varied Wave Moth (Scopula optivata)
	This Photo:	S1: Ventral
	General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere These seem quite fragile. Of the 3 specimens we've photographed, all have had damaged wings. The specimen here was the worst, but also the only one we captured to get the size & ventral detail. Similar Species: Wavy Noctuid (Ericeia subsignata)
	Copyright © 2017-2021 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 23-Mar-2017
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.