This Caterpillar is black with a pattern of parallel yellow lines and red spots. It feeds on plants in the family FABACEAE.

(Photo: copyright Ted L. Martin)

The adult moth can be dark grey or brown with striking black lines. It folds its wings across its back rather than spreading them out flat like many other Geometrid moths do.

(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Young)

The eggs are pale yellow, smooth, and squarish. They are laid in a row along the edge of a leaf.

(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Young)

Further reading :

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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