Plain Mountain Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena cataphaea) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Michael Keogh,
Baw Baw, Victoria)
The adult moth of this species has brown wings with a pattern of bands of various shades of brown, with bubbly edges. The moth has a wing span of about 2.5 cms. The moth has been seen flying during the daytime.
Specimens of the adult moth of this species have been taken from the high country of
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 16,17.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 833, No. 41.
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(updated 5 September 2013, 6 February 2023)