| Finely-streaked Crest-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
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| Finely-streaked Crest-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)
When young, these caterpillars are brown on top, with a greenish dorsal stripe, and are off-white underneath. Older caterpillars are reddish-brown with some black and white spots along the sides.
The Caterpillars feed on the foliage of :
The adult moths have brown forewings, each with some fine dark streaks near the margins, and recurved wingtips. The hindwings are pale brown with a dark area by the wingtips. At rest, the forewings are held over the hindwings. The wingspan is about 6 cms.
Eggs are green and laid in a neat array on the leaf of a foodplant.
The species is found in south-eastern Australia, including
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5
Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 28-29.
Catherine J. Young & Peter B. McQuillan,
Redescription of the little-known Australian geometrid moth
Palleopa innotata Walker, 1866
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae),
Insect Systematics and Evolution,
Volume 32 (2001), Part 3, pp. 263-278.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1956.
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(updated 17 September 2011, 13 January 2016)