Pale Pink Geometrid DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Melba, Australian Capital Territory)
The moth is brown with two dark zigzag lines across each wing. There is a pink tinge to the thorax and the costas of the forewings. The margins of the wings are highly crenulated. The wingspan is about 2 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. 24-25.
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. 138, No. 13.
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(updated 12 July 2010, 10 April 2021)