female, typical natural posture
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The adult female moths of this species are a variable pale brown with a dark zigzag pattern on the forewings. The hindwings are yellow with brown margins.

male
(Photo: courtesy of D. Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The male moths have a similar colouring, but have a more subdued forewing pattern. The moths have a wing span of about 2.5 cms. The moths tend to rest facing downwards.

female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found over much of south-east Australia, including

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The wing pattern is similar to that of Chrysolarentia correlata Walker, 1862, which may be a junior synonym for this species.

Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 423-424, No. 1587.

Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 113.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 14-15.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 140.

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(updated 5 September 2013, 10 May 2018, 20 December 2020, 13 January 2022)