Rippled Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena oxygona) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with a bold pattern of off-white lines. The hindwings are yellow with some brown markings. The undersides are similar to the upper surfaces. The moths have a wing span of about 3 cms.
Specimens of the adult moth of this species have been taken in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 18-19.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera IV,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 842, No. 53.
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(written 5 September 2013, updated 26 March 2021)