Chrysolarentia interruptata (Guenée, 1857) Boxed Carpet (previously known as Cidaria interruptata) XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of John Bundock, Cotter River, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings crossed by various pale wavy bands. The hindwings are brown with indistinct patterns. The males and females have similar wing patterns. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Susan Wishart, Booth, Australian Capital Territory)

The moths are inclined to rest with the head pointing down !

male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

drawing by Achille Guenée, listed as Cidaria interruptata,
Uranides et Phalénites, Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), Plate 9, fig. 6,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading:

Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 469-470, No. 1678, and also Plate 9, fig. 6.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 14-15.

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(written 3 March 2013, updated 26 January 2025)