both of the family: BIGNONIACEAE.

It goes walk-about in order to pupate. The pupa is enclosed in a thin cocoon.

The adult moth has each wing divided into six fronds, each of which has brown and white patches along its length. The hindwings are rather paler than the forewings. It normally rests with its wings outstretched, like many of the GEOMETRIDAE. The moth has a wingspan of about 1.5 cm.

The moth has a peculiar habit of running when disturbed with its wings outstretched, and only flying away as a last resort.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

It occurs in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 30.12, p. 327.

Edward Meyrick,
On the classification of the Pterophoridae,
Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
1886, pp. 20-21.

Buck Richardson,
Mothology,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2008, p. 12.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 122.

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