Two-spotted Wave (previously known as Acidalia halmaea) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
pale variety
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with variable dark marks on the wings.
The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 6-7, 10-11.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), p. 846.
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(updated 25 May 2012, 9 June 2018, 23 November 2020, 19 March 2021)