Noreia vinacea Warren, 1899
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Noreia vinacea
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are brown, with a dark line across, and a dark spot near the middle of each wing. The forewings have recurved wingtips. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

The species has been found in:

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    ew species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World Regions,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 6 (1899), p. 13, No. 31.


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    (written 14 August 2013)