Taxeotis celidora Turner, 1939
Black-band Taxeotis
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Taxeotis celidora
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The adult moths of this species are dark brown, with each forewing having a pale area at the base and along the margin. Both of the males and the females in this genus have thread-like antennae. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Taxeotis celidora
digitally repaired
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 16-17.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 50 (1939), p. 138.

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    (written 8 May 2014, updated 20 August 2020)