Eccymatoge morphna Turner, 1922
Morphna Carpet
 (one synonym : Eucymatoge liometopa Turner, 1926)
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has brown patterned wings. the margins of which are scalloped. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

This species has been found in

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

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 34-35.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 46 (1922), p. 243-244.

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    (written 9 September 2013, updated 27 March 2021, 26 February 2022)