Crescent Cape-moth
Female, ventral
Ellura
Variable Cape-moth
Female, dorsal
 
                      
Gold-lined Cape-moth (Amelora MoV5)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Gold-lined Cape-moth (Amelora MoV5)
This Photo:     🔍Male, dorsal🔎

Thank you 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) and elsewhere
This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 5 as Amelora sp. (5)

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Apr-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.