(previously known as Carecomotis costiplaga) BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moth is greenish or greyish brown with a pattern of dark wavy lines across each wing. The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
as well as in
Further reading :
D.S. Fletcher,
A revision of the genus Carecomotis (Lep. Geometridae),
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 12, Volume 6 (1953), p. 129.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 61.
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(updated 5 February 2010, 25 June 2020)