Loweria capnosticta (Turner, 1919)
Smoke-spotted Cape-moth
 (formerly known as Pseudopanthera capnosticta)
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Loweria capnosticta
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 5)

The adult moths have pale wings, scattered with black dots. The wings each have a prominent dark spot in the cell. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Loweria capnosticta
male, undersides of wings
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 5)

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 8-9.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera VI (Third instalment),
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 44 (1919), pp. 298-299, No. 197.

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    (written 8 January 2016, updated 17 June 2020)