| Sandy Geometrid (formerly known as Casbia ammophila) MACARIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The forewings of the adult moth of this species are pale brown with indistict darker wavy bands. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The males and females are very similar, except the females have thread-like antennae, and the males have bipectinate antennae. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), p. 95, No. 57.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 1 June 2025, updated 15 April 2026)