Pale Carpet (previously known as Euphyia panochra) 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 pale brown forewings each with a faint pattern of dark spots. The hindwings are a plain paler brown. The undersides have pale bands under each wing The moths have a wing span of about 2.5 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. 16-17.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 46 (1922), p. 251.
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(written 5 September 2013, updated 2 May 2018, 8 September 2021)