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Insigillated Carpet - male
Chloroclystis insigillata
-37.8957, 145.315
Field Notes
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/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=72242
Wing span was about 20 mm.
Habitat:
Seen near a sports field surrounded by native trees.
Notes:
http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Chloro…
Spotting of a female moth:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43018013
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Reference Links:
Chloroclystis insigillata | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Photographed
PublishedOctober 22, 2013
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