Parepisparis virgatus Scoble & E.D. Edwards, 1990
Brown Twisted Moth
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Blackheath, New South Wales)

This caterpillar has been found feeding on

  • Red Stringybark ( Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, MYRTACEAE ).


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

    The adult moth of this species is brown with dark blotches. The forewings have white spots near the recurved wingtips, and wavy margins. The hindwings each have a black and white pattern on the hind margin There is a purple blotch underneath the middle of each forewing. The wingspan is about 5 cms. The adult moth is inclined to curve its abdomen to one side when at rest.


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

    The species has been found in Australia in

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

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2013, pp. 12-13.

    Malcolm J. Scoble & Ted Edwards,
    Parepisparis Bethune-Baker and the composition of the Oenochrominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae),
    Journal Entomologica Scandinavica,,
    Vol. 20, Part 4 (1989), p. 391, figs 25, 26, 36, 55, 65, 69.

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    (updated 18 June 2013, 20 January 2020)