Chrysolarentia cataphaea (Meyrick, 1891)
(one synonym is:
Ephis cataphaea)
XANTHORHOINI ,
LARENTIINAE ,
GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
&
Peter Marriott
(updated 16 May 2005)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species has brown wings.
It has a wing span of about 2 cms.
We have taken specimens of the adult moth of this species
from the high plains of Victoria (Mt. Wellington
and Mt. Arbuckle). These were day flying in March.
