Banded Epyaxa (previously known as Xanthorhoe hyperythra) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of D. Fraser,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moth of this species has brown wings. The forewings each crossed by a broad dark 'Y' shaped band. The hindwings have subdued markings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New South Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 15 (1892), pp. 12-13.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 26-27.
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(updated 9 September 2013, 9 June 2018, 31 March 2021)