![]() | OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Mark Heath, Boxwood Hill, Western Australia)
The adult moths have two-tone forewings, with a sinuous border between them. The basal half is dark brown. The marginal half is patchy pale grey. The hindwings are yellow with broad brown margins. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
The adult moths have a coiled haustellum under the head, which they can uncoil, and through which they can sip nectar from flowers.
Further Reading
Louis Beethoven Prout,
Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
Genera Insectorum,
Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 24, No. 3, footnote (1).
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(written 5 May 2022)