![]() | Fine-lined Cape-moth (formerly known as Amelora stenoscia) NACOPHORINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The adult moths have pale brown wings, with two narrow jagged dark brown lines across each forewing which are crossed short maroon lines at the crossings of each of the major veins. The wingspan is about 2.5 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. 8-9.
Oswald B. Lower,
The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Pt I,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 39 (1915), pp. 382-383, No. 211.
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(written 9 January 2016, updated 18 April 2017)