Aglossophanes adoxima Turner, 1942
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Aglossophanes adoxima
(Photo: courtesy of Robert Read, Sandover, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have brown speckled forewings, each with a variable dark-edged pale curved submarginal band. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Aglossophanes adoxima
male,
(Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt, Queensland Museum)

The species occurs in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Aglossophanes adoxima
    male, underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt, Queensland Museum)

    Further reading :

    Olga Schmidt,
    An annotated and illustrated list of the primary type specimens of geometrid moths deposited in the Queensland Museum (Australia, Brisbane),
    Spixiana,
    Volume 5, Part 1 (2012), pp. 79-100, Figs. 46 a,b.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta lepidopterologica.,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53, Part 4 (1942), p. 71.

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    (written 17 June 2015, updated 18 November 2024)