Showing posts with label Moth: Melanodes anthracitaria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moth: Melanodes anthracitaria. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 July 2018

Yellow on black

A moth attracted to the light last night and interesting one of the GEOMETRIDAE family one of the Nocophorini tribe species Melanodes Anthracitaria.
What is interesting is there are two forms one that is very black with jet black marking and the other which has yellow markings on the wings.


 
  As you can see this is the second form and the yellow markings are blotches where I have seen other photos with the yellow markings being thick lines across both wings.

They are widespread through Australia and the caterpillars feed on gum leaves. 

(Photo unfortunately a bit ordinary)