| White-point Crest-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
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| White-point Crest-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings,
each with a double zig-zag pale-edged
submarginal band,
and a similar single zig-zag band near the
The hindwings are pale brown darkening toward the edges,
each with a vague pattern including dark comma-shaped spot near the middle.
The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading
Marilyn Hewish,
A. Jefferis Turner,
(written 30 December 2015, updated 15 September 2019, 7 February 2020, 12 March 2021)
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald
Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
female
(Photo: courtesy of E. Friedrich,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
underside, female
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald
Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 20-21.
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), p. 104, No. 81.
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