Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Catherine J. Young
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 25 October 2007)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The moths of this species are pale grey with dark veins on the wings. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The eggs are oval and white, and minutely ridged. As they approach hatching, they develop brown spots and later become entirely orange.
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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