Chrysolarentia heteroleuca (Meyrick, 1891)
(previously known as: Hydriomena heteroleuca)
XANTHORHOINI ,   LARENTIINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Chrysolarentia heteroleuca
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda).

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are banded in brown, often with a variable irregular white band across the middle. The hindwings are yellow, each shading to brown at the tornus. The moths have a wing span of about 2.5 cms.

The species occurs in

  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

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    (updated 11 July 2011)