Cloudy Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)
The adult moths of this species are pale brown with a scattering of darker specks and spots.
The moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.
The eggs are ridged and spherical and white, with a diameter of about 0.5 mm. They turn red as they approach hatching.
The species is found in open eucalypt woodland in:
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 12-13.
Peter B. McQuillan,
The Tasmanian Geometrid Moths Associated with the Genus
Amelora auctorum (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Ennomina),
Invertebrate Taxonomy,
Volume 10, Issue 3, 1996, pp. 433-506.
Peter B. McQuillan,
An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
Journal of Insect Conservation,
Volume 8 (2004), Parts 2-3, pp. 209-220.
Cathy Byrne,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data,
Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.
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(updated 10 July 2010, 16 September 2013, 7 June 2014, 19 December 2015, 28 February 20231)