| Rounded Heath Moth (previously known as Panagra obtusata) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
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| Rounded Heath Moth (previously known as Panagra obtusata) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)
The adults of this species are very variable, and are usually greyish brown with wavy black markings on each forewing. The hindwings are plain pale greyish brown. The females have thread-like antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The natural position has the hindwings covered by the forewings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading
Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 132-133.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 22-23.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 23 (1861), p. 1008, No. 48.
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(updated 20 June 2013, 3 May 2014, 6 September 2020)