Chrysolarentia psarodes (Turner, 1904) (formerly known as Hydriomena psarodes) XANTHORHOINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

The adult moth of this species has fawn wings crossed by a number of dark zig-zag lines. There is a small black elongated spot near the middle of each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has only been found in

Tasmania.

(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

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A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Family Geometridae,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 16 (1904), pp. 253-254, No. 62.

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(written 16 July 2019)