Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866)
(one synonym: Comostola marginata)
 GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 6 March 2008)

The adult butterflies of this species are green with a rusty-red border, and have a dark spot near the middle of each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.


Norfolk Island 1976

The species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :

  • Borneo,
  • Norfolk Island,
  • Taiwan,

    and in Australia in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 374.

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