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Cross-line Wave Moth

Traminda aventiaria (formerly genus=Gnamptoloma)

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Two dots and central line look like a "smiley face"
Family=Geometridae

Habitat:

Australian desert attracted to light.

Notes:

Occurs Northern Australia and Asia
Has both brown and green forms.
Genus (Traminda ) seems to have replaced (Gnamptoloma)
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ster/aven.html

Reference Links:

no common name (Gnamptoloma aventiaria)

Species ID Suggestions

Cross-line Wave Moth

Gnamptoloma aventiaria

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lori.tas
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or possibly:

Traminda rubra

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lori.tas
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Comments (1)
MartinL
Thank you Lori.tas for your good research. Don Herbison-Evans uses (Traminda aventiaria) http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/ster/aven.html and I've decided to go with that although rubra is possibly correct.

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