Orange-hooded Crest-moth
S3, Male, dorsal
Ellura
Orange-hooded Crest-moth
S1, Male, dorsal
 
                      
Orange-hooded Crest-moth (Fisera eribola)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Orange-hooded Crest-moth (Fisera eribola)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Male, dorsal🔎

Thank you Stephen Fricker for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~17mm long, ~46mm wingspan. Males have bipectinate anetennae, females have filiform antennae.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 11-Apr-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.