Broad-barred Carpet (previously known as Catopyrrha percrassata) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of L. Phelan,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
The adult moth of this species has a several light and dark brown stripes across each forewing, and a dark dot near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown with some vestigial patterns along the hind margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 24-25.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 24 (1862), p. 1065, No. 3.
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(written 15 September 2013)