Chrysolarentia microcyma (Guest, 1887)
Finely-marked Carpet
 (previously known as Cephalissa microcyma)
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

The adult moth of this species has finely speckled brown wings. The males and females have similar wing patterns. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.


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

This is an alpine species, found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Australina Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    The genus Chrysolarentia in which this species has been placed, is inappropropriate, so the species is unplaced until a more suitable genus is described.

    Further reading:

    Edward Guest,
    A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 9 (1887), p. 128, No. 9.

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

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    (written 10 March 2013, updated 1 May 2018, 27 October 2020)