Broken-banded Cape-moth
S18, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Broken-banded Cape-moth
S18, Male, Horn, dorsal
 
                      
Broken-banded Cape-moth (Loweria platydesma)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Broken-banded Cape-moth (Loweria platydesma)
This Photo:     🔍S18, Male, profile🔎

Thank you Rog Standen for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long & ~26mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate antennae, females have filiform antennae.
The facial horn shown here separates these from Amelora. It can be hard to see dorsally as it's often covered in scales. In profile it's still difficult as it's small & thin. But ventrally, it's much clearer.

Similar Species: Banded Cape-moth (Amelora ANIC6)

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