OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch,
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Western Australia)
The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with three broad wiggly dark brown transverse bands, and a grey streak along the costa. The hindwings are plain fawn, fading to off-white at the bases.
The moths normally rest flat, with the forewings covering the hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
Th species has been found in
Further Reading
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Oenochromidae (Lepidoptera) II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 55 (1930), p. 8, No. 78.
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(written 1 September 2021)