Rhynchopsota delogramma Lower, 1903
(one synonym is: Liodes neorogramma Turner, 1906)
 NACOPHORINI ,   ENNOMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Catherine J. Young & Stella Crossley


(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

These caterpillars are brown with darker areas, and an orange head.


(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The adult moths are buff coloured with a criss-cross pattern of rusty brown lines.


(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The eggs are egg-shaped with microscopic ridges.


eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The species occurs in

  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Peter B. McQuillan,
    An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
    Journal of Insect Conservation, Volume 8, Numbers 2-3 (June 2004) pp. 209-220.

    Catherine J. Young,
    Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data,
    Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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    (updated 18 June 2011)