NACOPHORINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 March 2005)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 March 2005)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth has brown forewings with yellow patches. The forewings have recurved wingtips. The hindwings are orange, each with an black spot near the middle. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found in Queensland and New South Wales.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.
Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis,
University of Tasmania, 2003.
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