Xanthorhoe anaspila Meyrick, 1891
Dark-patch Carpet
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has a complex fawn pattern on the wings. The moths have a wing span of about 2 cms.

Xanthorhoe anaspila
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.


    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 24-25.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera IV,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 869, No. 83.


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    (updated 24 september 2011, 30 May 2018)