| Funereal Carpet (previously known as Camptogramma mortuata) LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
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| Funereal Carpet (previously known as Camptogramma mortuata) LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moth of this species is brown with variable patterns. The wing margins are scalloped. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
This species has been found in
There has been a lot of difficulty identifying specimens purported to be of this species. The moth is very similar to that of Eucymatoge scotodes and Xanthorhoe xerodes. It is possible that some of the identifications are mistaken.
Further reading:
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 428, No. 1597.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 34-35.
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(written 10 September 2013, updated 6 March 2026)