Xanthorhoe strumosata (Guenée, 1858)
Strumosata Carpet
 (previously known as Coremia strumosata)
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Xanthorhoe strumosata
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The adult moth of this species has a complex zigzag brown pattern on the wings, including a broad dark band with wiggly edges across each forewing. The hindwings each have a similar but faint pattern. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Western Australia.

    Xanthorhoe strumosata
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

    Further reading:

    Achille Guenée,
    Uranides et Phalénites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 419, No. 1577.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 24-25.

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    (written 15 September 2013, updated 8 September 2021)