| OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)
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| OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is pale grey-brown with dark markings and sometimes some yellow blotches. The forewings have recurved wingtips. All four wings have irregularly scalloped margins. The adult moth is inclined to curve its abdomen to one side when at rest. The males have a large black spot by each forewing tornus. The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in
Interestingly the top shot shows the abdomen curved to the moth's right, but the underside shot shows it curved to the moth's left. Bart assures me that neither photo was “mirror-imaged”. Bart had moved the moth from the fly screen onto the window glass to enable a photograph of the underside, but in the process the moth changed its mind which way to curl its abdomen.
Further reading:
Malcolm J. Scoble & Ted Edwards,
Parepisparis Bethune-Baker and the composition of the Oenochrominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae),
Journal Entomologica Scandinavica,,
Volume 20, Part 4 (1989), p. 389, figs 14-16, 52, 62.
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(written 17 June 2018, updated 9 January 2026)