Foolish Line-moth: S2, Male, Body

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)

Species:

Foolish Line-moth (Stibaroma aphronesa)

This Photo:

S2, Male, Body

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16mm long, ~33mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae.
We originally though this was Stibaroma melanotoxa.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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