| High-country Carpet HYDRIOMENINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Harvey Perkins,
Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)
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| High-country Carpet HYDRIOMENINI, LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Harvey Perkins,
Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with a pattern of light and dark zig-zag bands. The hindwings are fawn coloured. The males have a white basal elliptical patch on each hindwing. The females have chequered edges to all the wings. The moths have a wing span of about 2.5 cms. They often rest head pointing downwards.
The species is found in the high country of
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 3,
Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, pp. 28-29.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 50 (1926), p. 122.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 12 September 2013, updated 6 February 2024)