Oppilata Wave (one synonym : Acidalia crossophragma Meyrick, 1886) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3)
This adult moth is brown. Each wing is crossed by vague dark zig-zag bands, some sometimes vaguer than others. There is a dark spot near the middle of each wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
as well as in Australia in
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 8-9.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 23 (1861), p. 776, No. 238.
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(written 23 February 2014, updated 2 June 2018, 23 November 2020)