Black Heath Moth
S12, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Black Heath Moth
S11, Female, Hindwings
 
                      
Black Heath Moth (Dichromodes MoV4)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Oenochrominae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Heath Moth (Dichromodes MoV4)
This Photo:     🔍S14, Female, dorsal🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 4 as Dichromodes sp (4).
Axel said "These things are pretty close to D. partitaria, but I am not sure one should use the name at this stage".

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.