Arc Line-moth (previously known as Stibaroma stenodesma) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern,
Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
The moth is grey or brown or both, with pale and dark areas outlined in dark wavy zigzag lines. The dark line from the tip of the forewing just reaches the next wavy dark transverse line. 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. 16-17, 19.
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 24 (1899), pp. 87-88.
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(updated 12 July 2010, 7 December 2019, 17 September 2020)