Divided-spot Cape-moth DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Joan Fearn, Moruya, New South Wales)
The adult moths of this species brown forewings, each with a pattern including short dark chestnut bar near the middle, and a submarginal serrated band. The hindwings are similar to the forewings but paler. The females have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The males have a wingspan of about 2.5 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.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment),
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 44 (1919), pp. 305-306, No. 212.
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(updated 29 June 2010, 2 May 2020)