Blotched 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 brown with dark blotches on each forewing. The hindwings are pale brown with a few blotches around the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been 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.
Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic notes No. XXIV,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 31 (1907), p. 171.
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(written 16 January 2017)