| Orange Pasture-moth (formerly known as Aspilates chordota) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Northern Grampians, Victoria)
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| Orange Pasture-moth (formerly known as Aspilates chordota) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Northern Grampians, Victoria)
The forewings of the adult moths of this species are orange-brown with broad white lines along the veins. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the margins, with a dark smudge near the middle. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 20-21.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1196-1197, No. 65.
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(written 31 December 2015, updated 8 July 2020)