Chrysolarentia leucophanes (Meyrick, 1891)
Pale-tipped Carpet
 (previously known as Hydriomena leucophanes)
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Chrysolarentia leucophanes
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings each crossed by a broken dark line from apex to the middle of the hind margin, and each with a pale elliptical area by the apex. The hindwings are brown with indistinct banded patterns. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The males and females have similar wing patterns, but the females are inclined to be a little larger than the males.

Chrysolarentia leucophanes
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Chrysolarentia leucophanes
    undersides
    (Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 20-21.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 856, No. 71.

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    (written 9 March 2013, updated 30 April 2018, 31 March 2021)