Microdes melanocausta Meyrick, 1891 Black-patch Carpet EUPITHECIINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

The adult moth of this species is brown with a prominent dark mark near the middle of each forewing. The hindwings are plain pale brown each with a dark mark near the wingtip. The moths have a wing span of about 2 cms.

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

The species occurs in Australian Capital Territory,

Tasmania.

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Further reading:

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 30-31.

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), p. 803, No. 10.

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(written 12 September 2013, updated 6 November 2024)