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Project Noah Nature School
Dissomorphia australiaria
Similar to the previous 'Taxi' but distinct 'pointy' hind wings and nasty looking cigarette burns on the fore wings.
Under strong MV lights at night at the local school.
Caterpillars are loopers and feed on Acacia dealbata. Sexually dimorphic, the female is much more dramatic in appearance, having wings with greater scalloping and some richly embroidered cells. She also has a silvery white pattern on the underside. The wingspan is about 30mm. Female spotted here https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11...
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Ennominae
tribe: Macariini
Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Spotted on Mar 9, 2014
Submitted on Mar 11, 2014
2 Comments
Thanks Stephen. Pity I didn't find a female but it's a good pair for Leuba's 1000th.
Nice, subtle colours too