| Small Radiating Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena chrysocyma) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Susan Wishart, Cotter River, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has orange wings with brown zig-zag stripes across the forewings and sparse brown markings on the hindwings. It has a wing span of about 2 cms. The moths are inclined to fly by day, and rest facing downwards.
The species is found in the mountains of:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 11.29, p. 376.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 14-15.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), pp. 843-844, No. 55.
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(updated 28 February 2013, 1 April 2018, 8 September 2021)