Alpine Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris,
Falls Creek, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species are brown. They have black and white zigzag submarginal line on each forewing, and some vague dark spots on each wing.
The females have thread-like antennae and the males have feathery antennae. The females have forewing tips that are more pointed than those of the male. The hindwings are paler than the forewings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5,
Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 10-11.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVI: Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 4 (1892), p. 650, No. 81.
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(written 17 December 2015, updated 2 April 2023)