Ceremonial Heath Moth (previously known as Panagra confluaria) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Dr David G. Hewitt, Wonthaggi Heathland, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species are brown, with a distinctive pattern of wavy white lines on each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown, each with a vague paler line across the middle. 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 has been found in :
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 131, No. 1134, and also
Plate 7, fig. 8.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria : Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 14-15, 24-25.
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(updated 20 June 2013, 7 November 2014, 6 September 2020)