Acodia pauper Rosenstock, 1885
 (one synonym : Xanthorhoe pelochroa Lower, 1894)
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

These adult moths have brown wings with variable wavy patterns The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The male and female have different patterns, and different antennae. The moths are inclined to rest facing head downwards.

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

The species occurs in the southern half of Australia including

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

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

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 26-27.

    Rudolph Rosenstock,
    Notes on Australian Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Volume 5, Part 16 (1885), pp. 434-435, No. 30, and also Plate 11, fig. 7.

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    (updated 11 February 2011, 7 March 2019, 26 March 2021)