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Larentia apotoma
A medium sized moth with an interesting tones of brown and distinctive slightly hooked apices.. About 40mm wingspan. Resting under lights at night.
In a private back yard with a large mix of introduced trees. About 800 metres altitude.
A common name is 'Winter carpet'
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Larentiinae
tribe: Hydriomenini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Jul 21, 2014
Submitted on Sep 26, 2014
4 Comments
So right. I often wonder how many we walk past within cms and miss.
Love the brown tones , lucky it come too see the light , one of those you might miss if it was resting on a tree.
Thanks doc. I'll start searching soon.
Should be Geometridae, Larentiinae.