| Green Carpet (previously known as Larentia erasta) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
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| Green Carpet (previously known as Larentia erasta) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moths of this species have forewings with broken bands of light and dark green. The markings are brown and less pronounced on the paler hindwings. The resting posture has the wings flat but the hindwings covered. The green colour fades to brown in museum specimens. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs in south-eastern Australia, including
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 24-25.
A. Jefferis Turner,
A second revision of the Lepidoptera of Tasmania,
courtesy of the
Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
1939, p. 68.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 24 September 2011, 30 April 2018, 1 April 2021)
