Insigillated Carpet - male

Description:

A handsome pale grey geometrid moth with thin black,grey and white lines. On each fore-wing this moth appears to have a swirl of tufted greenish-grey hairs in the middle of the costal margin, suggesting that this is a male moth. On the underside of the wing and corresponding with each of the costal tufts, is a black pattern. http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax... Wing span was about 20 mm.

Habitat:

Seen near a sports field surrounded by native trees.

Notes:

http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh... Spotting of a female moth: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/430... Family: Geometridae Subfamily: Larentiinae