Chrysolarentia leucozona (Meyrick, 1891) White-zoned Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena leucozona) XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Thomas, Paddys River, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings each crossed by several crooked white lines, one of which is usually broad and edged with black. This is sometimes broken or only partial. The hindwings are pale orange, with dark edges. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The males and females have similar wing patterns.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The undersides have no white markings. The resting posture is often with the wings folded above the body, like a butterfly, or else flat with the forewings covering the hindwings. The moths are inclined to rest head downward.

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

The species has been found in

Tasmania.

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Further reading:

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

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1891), pp. 846-847, No. 59.

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(written 9 March 2013, updated 14 January 2018, 31 March 2021)