Webbed Grey
Male, underwings
Insigillated Carpet Moth
Female, dorsal
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| Webbed Grey Male, underwings | | Insigillated Carpet Moth Female, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Geometer (Geometridae:Larentiinae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Insigillated Carpet Moth (Chloroclystis insigillata)| This Photo: | Male, dorsal | Synonym: | Sigilliclystis insigillata | Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Head & body ~7mm, wingspan ~20mm. Males have obvious deformations covered in scale tufts on the forwing costa (leading edge). The deformations are also visible underneath. Both males & females have filiform antennae.
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