Antictenia torta L.B. Prout, 1921
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Antictenia torta
(Photo courtesy of Paul Kay, south-west of Western Australia)

The adult moths are brown, with the wings each crossed by a dark diagonal line. Each wing also has a dark spot near the middle of the costa. The forewing tips are recurved, and all the wing margins are scalloped, The hindwing margins each have a cusp. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

Antictenia torta
female
(Photo courtesy of Paul Kay, south-west of Western Australia)

The female has thread-like antennae. The male has a thinner abdomen than the female, and has feathery antennae.

Antictenia torta
male
(Photo courtesy of Paul Kay, south-west of Western Australia)

The undersides are similar to the upper surfaces.

Antictenia torta
underside
(Photo courtesy of Paul Kay, south-west of Western Australia)

The species occurs in the forest areas of

  • the south of Western Australia.


    Further reading :

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    Geometridae,
    in Adalbert Seitz: Die Gross-Schmetterling der Erde,
    Volume 12 (1921), pp. 22-23.


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    (written 30 August 2022))