Chrysolarentia plagiocausta

Chrysolarentia plagiocausta, the black-lined carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.

Chrysolarentia plagiocausta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Chrysolarentia
Species:
C. plagiocausta
Binomial name
Chrysolarentia plagiocausta
(Turner, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Hydriomena plagiocausta Turner, 1904

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

  • Australian Faunal Directory
  • Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (24 April 2010). " Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904) Black-lined Carpet". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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