| Rhynchota Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena rhynchota) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Stuart Harris,
Tennent, Australian Capital Territory)
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| Rhynchota Carpet (previously known as Hydriomena rhynchota) XANTHORHOINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Stuart Harris,
Tennent, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings typically with a broad dark zig-zag band across each one containg a small dark comma mark. The hindwings are pale brown typically with several vague dark lines across each one. The wings all have chequered margins. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cms.
This species has been found in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 16-17.
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 5, Part 4 (1890), pp. 826-827, No. 34.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 6 September 2013, updated 11 December 2022)