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Chrysolarentia trygodes

Chrysolarentia trygodes

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 25mm wingspan; very dark wings with some narrower, lighter wavy bands; similar shape to the old Vulcan bombers in the UK

Habitat:

On a wall just outside a national park.

Notes:

Thanks Peter Marriott and, Marilyn Hewish for this ID (via Dr Ken Walker) Also called 'Variable Carpet'. Looking at other visual records it's easy to see why we sometimes need the experts help !!

http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=73442

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Chrysolarentia trygodes

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
Spot on with Larentiinae Tamar. I had to get the really big guns here to get the rest of it though. :)
Mark Ridgway
Yes thanks Tamar. I expect Larentiinae (or Sterhinae) too but haven't had the time to dig in yet. Hope you're travelling well. :)
ForestDragon
I think, yes, Geometridae, it reminds me of one of the Carpets. Try Subfamily Larentiinae. I don't think I can do better than that right now.

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PublishedJune 13, 2014

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