Loweria callisarca (Lower, 1903)
 (formerly known as Angelia callisarca)
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Loweria callisarca
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Lake Gilles, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have orange-brown forewings, each crossed by incomplete wavy dark brown lines. The hindwings are fawn with dark speckles. The head and thorax match the forewings. The abdomen matches the hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Loweria callisarca
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Lake Gilles, South Australia)

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Loweria callisarca
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Karramindie, Western Australia)

    The adult moths have a coiled haustellum under the head, which they can uncoil, and through which they can sip nectar from flowers.

    Loweria callisarca
    close-up of underside of head
    (Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Karramindie, Western Australia)

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera.,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), pp. 194-195.

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    (written 7 September 2021, updated 16 May 2022)