![]() | Three-coloured Epidesmia (previously known as Panagra tricolor) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
This Caterpillar has been raised on:
The adult moth is black, with a white line across each forewing, and an orange spot on each hindwing. It has a wingspan up to 6 cms.
The species is found in the wet sclerophyll forests in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 10.5, p. 370.
James Duncan & John O. Westwood,
Entomology: Exotic moths,
in William Jardine (ed.):
The Naturalist's Library,
Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, Vol. 32 (1841) pp. 220-221, and also
Plate 28, fig. 1.
Peter Hendry,
The genus Epidesmia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae),
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 102 (December 2021), pp. 34-39.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 18-19.
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(updated 1 July 2013, 16 August 2024)