Dark-cloaked Carpet (previously known as Dasyuris melanchlaena) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Richard Allen,
Mount Clear, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has dark brown wings with the forewings crossed by pale broken wavy lines. The hindwings are brown with indistinct patterns. The males and females have similar wing patterns. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
This is an alpine species, found in the high country in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 22-23.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 46 (1922), p. 258.
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(written 10 March 2013, updated 25 October 2022)