Epyaxa metoporina (Turner, 1922)
Plain Epyaxa
 (previously known as Xanthorhoe metoporina)
XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has brown wings with subdued markings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Epyaxa metoporina
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 3)

    Further reading:

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
    Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 26-27.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 46 (1922), pp. 255-256.

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    (written 9 September 2013, updated 27 March 2021)