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Lucid carpet (Chrysolarentia lucidulata) From above - a lush mixture of rich chocolate and creamy vanilla waves and lines with intense chrome-yellow hind wings. <br />
From below the wings are fairly plain yellow ochre with a couple of dark eye-spots and wavy lines. <br />
At rest it held it&#039;s wings in a strange cowled position. About 25mm long.<br />
Attracted to lights in a back yard.<br />
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Lucid carpet (Chrysolarentia lucidulata)

From above - a lush mixture of rich chocolate and creamy vanilla waves and lines with intense chrome-yellow hind wings.
From below the wings are fairly plain yellow ochre with a couple of dark eye-spots and wavy lines.
At rest it held it's wings in a strange cowled position. About 25mm long.
Attracted to lights in a back yard.

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Chrysolarentia lucidulata is a small but distinctively petterned moth found in south eastern Australia. The larvae feed on low-growing plants, particularly Plantain lancelata.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Mark Ridgway
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By Mark Ridgway

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Uploaded Mar 28, 2016. Captured Feb 23, 2013 21:12 in 30 Hilton Rd, Ferny Creek VIC 3786, Australia.
  • DSC-HX30V
  • f/4.5
  • 1/60s
  • ISO100
  • 20.02mm