Lyell's Spotted Geometrid DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The adult moths have pale brown wings, with a jagged dark brown line and several irregular arcs of dark spots across each forewing. The wingspan is about 4 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. 14-15.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera VI,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 42 (1917), pp. 378-379, No. 111.
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(written 9 January 2016, updated 12 March 2021)