Scotodes Carpet: Dorsal, as found on the wall (darker)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Geometer (:Geometridae Larentiinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Scotodes Carpet (Eucymatoge scotodes)

This Photo:

🔍Dorsal, as found on the wall (darker)🔎

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying and Ned Fisher for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long & ~28mm wingspan.
The lighting has been bumped up to the wazzoo to highlight the lines/patterns/colours. Otherwise it would just appear like a black moth, not very diagnostic. While not actually black, it's very dark. As such, several similar shots showing different perspectives; lighting, wing placement & focus.
These are all of the same specimen. It's quite worn, with a lot of missing scales over the wing. The hindwings are also damaged/missing pieces at the posterior.
We originally thought this was Horisme mortuata.

This species is

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

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