Oenochroma infantilis L.B. Prout, 1910
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Oenochroma infantilis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have pale green wings, each with one or more white lines across each one. The wings also have narrow brown margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species is found in:

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

    Oenochroma infantilis
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    Further reading :

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
    Genera Insectorum,
    Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 42, No. 14 (3).

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    (updated 19 June 2011, 11 June 2020)