Red Casbia (one synonym : Casbia rhodina Turner, 1919) CABERINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Cathy Powers, Brisbane Ranges, Victoria)
The moths of this species are pale brown, each wing having indistinct rusty submarginal bands, a pale-edged black spot near the middle, and a trident-like mark near the margin. There is a white strip on the head between the antennae. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 12-13.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 4 (1892), p. 637, No. 63.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment).,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 44 (1919), p. 269, No. 145.
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(written 31 December 2016)