Angled Satin Moth
Male, Antenna
Ellura
Angled Satin Moth
Male, Head
 
                      
Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa)
This Photo:     🔍Female, Antenna🔎
Other name: Blotched Satin Moth

Thank you Matt Campbell for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16mm long & ~40mm wingspan.
Genders are very similar and difficult to separate in the field. Getting a detailed shot of the antennae shows the male with bipectinate antennae; having short pectinations. The female antennae is filiform, but hairing underneath.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.