Reddish Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The adult moths of this species vary from grey to reddish-brown. They have a vague incomplete serrated submarginal line on each wing, and two dark dots on each forewing. The hindwings are paler than the forewings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in:
The adults are similar to those of Furcatrox paracus. More work needs to be done to resolve this ambiguity.
Further Reading
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5,
Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 8-9.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), p. 107, No. 90.
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(written 17 December 2015, updated 4 April 2023)