Dark Desert Bark Moth
Dorsal
Ellura
Dark Desert Bark Moth
Ventral
 
                      
Dark Desert Bark Moth (Psilosticha loxoschema)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (:Geometridae Ennominae Boarmiini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Dark Desert Bark Moth (Psilosticha loxoschema)
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Synonym: Ectropis loxoschema

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
Head & body is ~9mm long, with a wingspan of ~28mm.
Very similar wing patterns to our Spider-mimicking moth males, but the antennae are very different. Here they are weakly bipectinate, and the females are not flightless; looking like the males.

Similar Species: Spider-mimicking Moth (Zermizinga sinuata)

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-May-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.