| Annulus Crest-moth (one synonym : Vunga delineata Walker, 1865) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)
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| Annulus Crest-moth (one synonym : Vunga delineata Walker, 1865) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)
These caterpillars are black with red and white stripes. They have sparse stiff black hairs. The caterpillars feed on a variety of plants.
The adult moths are grey or brown with complex dark markings. At rest, the moths hold their forewings folded over the hindwings. The males have bipectinate antennae. The females have thread-like antennae. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
The eggs are oval and finely dimpled. Initially they are pale yellowish green, later becoming red as hatching approaches.
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 26-27.
Peter B. McQuillan,
An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
Journal of Insect Conservation,
Volume 8 (2004), Parts 2-3, pp. 209-220.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 21 (1860), p. 294, No. 1.
Cathy Byrne,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data,
Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.
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(updated 18 May 2005, 28 February 2021)