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Chrysolarentia insulsata
About 20mm long. Two dark bands and a dark outer wing margin. Dark brown on yellow.
Resting under an outdoor light globe at a new years celebration at one minute past midnight. Suburban back yard.
Thanks bayucca for ID."Chrysolarentia was a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It is now considered a synonym of Euphyia." - wiki
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Larentiinae
tribe: Xanthorhoini
genus: Chrysolarentia
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chrysolare...
Geometridae, Larentiinae, Chrysolarentia sp. and "must" be Chrysolarentia insulsata.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...
https://davesgarden.com/community/forums...
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/...
http://bushpea.com/in/pg/all/c/chrysolar...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...