Mecynata Carpet (one synonym : Camptogramma extraneata Walker, 1863) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory).
The adult moth of this species is brown with a number of dark faint zigzag lines across the forewings. The hindwings of the female are yellowish with some vague darker transverse bands. The male is similar to the female, but more drab looking. On vertical surfaces: the moths are inclined to rest facing head down. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading:
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), pp. 424-425, No. 1590.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 14-15.
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(updated 14 November 2020)