| Lorne Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena epicteta) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
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| Lorne Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena epicteta) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult male moths of this species have brown wings crossed by various wavy bands including an incomplete white-edged dark band across the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are paler and less marked. The females are very similar to the males but usually have a more complete dark band across each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. In the resting state they lie with the wings flat, with the forewings covering the hindwings.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 14-15.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera IV,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 633-634.
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(written 2 March 2013, updated 8 June 2018)