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Larentia apotoma

Larentia apotoma

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium sized moth with an interesting tones of brown and distinctive slightly hooked apices.. About 40mm wingspan. Resting under lights at night.

Habitat:

In a private back yard with a large mix of introduced trees. About 800 metres altitude.

Notes:

A common name is 'Winter carpet' <br>
family: GEOMETRIDAE <br>
subfamily: Larentiinae <br>
tribe: Hydriomenini <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:94…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

So right. I often wonder how many we walk past within cms and miss.
Love the brown tones , lucky it come too see the light , one of those you might miss if it was resting on a tree.
Should be Geometridae, Larentiinae.

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