| (previously known as Diastictis heterogyna) Zoned Bark Moth BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moth of this species is a pale patterned brown and grey, with a sometimes incomplete broad wavy transverse dark lines extending across the wings. The margin of each fore and hind wing has a wavy edge. The male moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The females have a more muted pattern. The female moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found in south-eastern Australia, including:
Further reading
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 28-29.
Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 17, Part 1 (1893), p. 159.
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(written 18 July 2018, updated 15 May 2021)