Hypomecis penthearia
Selidosema penthearia
Hypomecis penthearia ENNOMINAE GEOMETRIDAE
Another moth with several competing names.
This moth is listed in some sites as
Selidosema penthearia, in other sites as
Hypomecis penthearia, and is also listed as
Isturgia penthearia.A very recent book that I have mentioned on this Blog before,"
Caterpillars, Moths and their
Plants of Southern Australia" published in 2019 by the Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., lists it under "
Penthearia moth, Isturgia penthearia".
It would seem that the genus
Selidosema is possibly the latest name, but on Bold Systems, which
has separate pages for
Selidosema and
Hypomecis, there is a better collection of photos under the
genus
Hypomecis.
This sometimes happens in plant names when the are doubts about validity of the new name.
In order to be consistent I will, for the time being, stick to the main listing on Bold systems which has the better collection of photos.
Wing span is about 30mm.
Larval food plants are Wattles (Acacia).
Family:- GEOMETRIDAE
Sub Family:- ENNOMINAE
Genus:- Hypomecis
Species:- penthearia
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