Two-toned Carpet (previously known as Camptogramma bichromata) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings crossed by wavy bands. The moths have yellow hindwings with a brown stripey patch by each tornus. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading:
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 425, No. 1591.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 18,19.
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(written 4 September 2013, updated 8 April 2018, 2 April 2021)