The recent spate of wet warm weather has prompted an extraordinary emergence of moths. This is Krananda extranotata Prout, family Geometridae; Ennominae. Some years ago when I first encountered it, I thought that the generic name was a annotation of "Kuranda" but since the type species of the genus was from Bengal, it has a different meaning. The generic name probably refers to an Asian word that means "tambourine", probably a reference to the translucent appearance of the moth.
Australia seems to have only one species in the genus and it seems uncommon around Kuranda.
What a speccy moth. 'll have to keep my eyes open for that one. Completely new to me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a moth that died & dried out!
ReplyDeleteNo, it's alive and rather large, about 4.5 cm across.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great place for moths.
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