| DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Matt Campbell,
Jeeralang, Victoria)
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| DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Matt Campbell,
Jeeralang, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species have pale brown wings, each with a dark spot near the middle and antemedial and a submarginal faint broad dark lines. The hindwings have fainter patterns than the forewings. The forewings have scalloped margins. The females have thread-like antennae and the males have pectinated antennae. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
The Victorian specimens differ slightly in the genitalia from the Tasmanian specimens, so the name may be covering two different species. The Victorian adults are also similar to those of Amelora anepiscepta. More work needs to be done to resolve these ambiguities.
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 8-9.
Peter B. McQuillan,
The Tasmanian Geometrid Moths Associated with the Genus
Amelora auctorum (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Ennomina),
Invertebrate Taxonomy,
Volume 10, Issue 3, 1996, p. 474, figs. 25, 78, 84, 120.
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(written 4 April 2023)