McFarland's Satin Moth (formerly known as Thalainodes macfarlandi) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Elizabeth Saunders, Watarrka, Northern Territory)
The Caterpillars of this species are thought to feed on
The adult moths have white wings, with each forewing having a large brown 'W', as well as brown lines around most of the edges. The hindwings each have two black patches. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 128-129.
James Otto Wilson,
A new species of Thalainodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae-Ennominae) from central Australia
Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne,
Volume 33 (1972), pp. 123-124.
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(written 15 May 2017, updated 14 May 2021)