(one synonym : Moncteria odontias Lower, 1894) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
The adult moth has brown wings with scalloped edges. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Peter Hendry,
In the Garden with Peter,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Newsletter, Issue 48 (March 2008), p. 14.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 14-15, 20-21.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 20 (1860), p. 267.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 145.
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(updated 30 June 2013, 5 March 2014)