DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Graham McDonald)
The adult moth is dark brown, with two white stripes across each forewing, and with two irregular scarlet patches on each hindwing. The moths have a wingspan of about 5 cms.
The moths have been found in
Further reading :
Graham McDonald,
Weird and Wonderful Moths,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club
Metamorphosis Australia,
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Issue 78 (September 2015), pp. 11-15, fig. 8.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of the Australian Lepidoptera. VI,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 42 (1917), p. 388, No. 126.
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(updated 22 April 2012, 10 August 2024)