Spotted Wave (previously known as Acidalia megalocentra) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of C. Morley,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4)
This adult moth is brown. Each wing is crossed by several dark bands, and has a black spot near the middle. The wingspan is about 1.6 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. 8-9.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), p. 862, No. 29.
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(written 23 February 2014, upadted 9 June 2018)