Taxeotis exsectaria (Walker, 1861) Ochre-headed Taxeotis (previously known as Panagra exsectaria) OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species are greyish brown. The forewings each have some variable dark markings, including two dark broken wavy transverse lines. The hindwings also each have one or two dark wavy transverse lines, but they fade away as they approach the costas. The head colour varies from yellow to black, and the head can have a yellow collar. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms. In their natural resting pose, the moths hold their wings flat, with the forewings covering the hindwings, like a Concorde aircraft. The males and the females in this genus both have thread-like antennae.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 16-17.

Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 23 (1861), p. 1011, No. 54.

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(updated 30 June 2013, 29 October 2023)