Furcatrox procera McQuillan, 1996 Ochre-rimmed Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 5)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown wings, each with a dark spot near the middle and other variable and vague markings. The hindwings have fainter patterns than the forewings. The females have thread-like antennae and the males have pectinated antennae. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

Tasmania.

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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. 477, figs. 30, 31, 79, 85, 121.

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(written 7 January 2016, updated 27 February 2021)