Rounded Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The adult moths of this species are pale grey or brown with a submarginal arc of dark spots on each wing.
The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is 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.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera VI (Third instalment),
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 44 (1919), pp. 302-303, No. 206.
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(written 19 December 2015)