Phrataria transcissata Walker, [1863] Dark Phrataria OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species is brown with a white subterminal line along each wing margin, and a broad white diagonal line across each forewing. It has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The natural posture of the moth has the wings partly folded above its back.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species is found in

Victoria.

showing undersides
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 14-15, 20-21.

Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 26 (1863), p. 1742.

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(updated 20 June 2013, 8 May 2019)