![]() | Crescent-tipped Geometrid DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald,
Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
The forewings of the adult moths of this species are brown each with a broad curved black-edged dark marginal area, and a dark transverse line across the base. The hindwings are off-white, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Edward Guest,
A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 9 (1887), p. 141, No. 24.
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 14-15.
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(written 2 January 2016, updated 2 April 2020, 19 February 2021)