Microdes villosata Guenée, 1857
(one synonym is: Oesymna stipataria Walker, 1869)
 EUPITHECIINI ,   LARENTIINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Microdes villosata
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda).

The adult moth of this species has a complex grey pattern on the forewings, and a muted grey pattern on the hindwings. The moths have a wing span of about 2 cms.

The species occurs in

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

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    (updated 24 September 2011)