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Gold-lined Cape-moth (Amelora MoV5)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Geometer (Geometridae:Ennominae:Nacophorini)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Gold-lined Cape-moth (Amelora MoV5)
This Photo:     🔍Male, dorsal🔎
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
This is figured in Moths of Victoria (MoV) part 5 as Amelora sp. (5)
Copyright © 2020-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Apr-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.