Onycodes traumataria Guenée, 1857
(one synonym is Chilma flagrantaria Walker , 1863)
 OENOCHROMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

In Australia, this caterpillar has been found feeding on

  • Tea-Tree ( Leptospermum species, MYRTACEAE ).

    The adult moth is yellow often with black speckles, and a subterminal pale-edged dark line on each wing. The forewings sometimes have dark lines and spots especially at the apex and near the tornus. The forewings have recurved wingtips. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

    The species has been found

  • Africa,
    and also in Australia in
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 10.18, p. 369.

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    (updated 26 July 2011)