Taxeotis reserata Walker, 1860
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Taxeotis reserata
(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Preston, Carwoola, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species are brown with various dark markings including dots and vague wavy lines. There are dark dots around the periphery of each wing. Both of the males and the females in this genus have thread-like antennae. The wingspan is around 2 cms.

Taxeotis reserata
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    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), pp. 1010-1011, No. 53.

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    (written 30 January 2024)