Black-signed Heath Moth (previously known as Panagra atrosignata) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Merimbula, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species are brown, often with forewings that each have two pale zig-zag lines outlined broadly in dark brown. The hindwings are plain brown. The females have threadlike antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 14-15, 22-23.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 23 (1861), p. 1006, No. 44.
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(updated 20 June 2013, 21 January 2016, 4 September 2020)