Indistinct Carpet LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
This adult moth has wavy light and dark brown bands across each forewing. The hindwing is off-white with some brown shadowy bands near the margins. The wingspan varies from 2 to 3 cms.
This species occurs across south-east Asia, including
and Australia in:
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 34-35.
Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 26 (1863), pp. 1550-1551.
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(written 15 Septembner 2013)