Chrysolarentia insulsata (Guenee, 1857)
(one synonym is:
Aspilates spoliata Walker, 1862)
XANTHORHOINI ,
LARENTIINAE ,
GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 27 february 2006)
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris,
Morwell Park, Victoria)
These caterpillars feed on low growing herbaceous plants
such as:
Buckhorn Plantain ( Plantago lancelata,
PLANTAGINACEAE ).
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species is pale brown
with darker zig-zags lines across the wings.
The moths have a wing span of about 2 cms.
The species is found over much of south-east Australia.
