Lydia's Wave Moth
S1, Female, profile
Ellura
Lydia's Wave Moth
S3, Male, dorsal
 
                      
Lydia's Wave Moth (Scopula lydia)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Sterrhinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Lydia's Wave Moth (Scopula lydia)
This Photo:     S2, Female, Hindwings, dorsal

Thank you Matt Campbell & Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
Males have antennae filaments, and are browner with less distinct markings than females.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Feb-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.