Cleora displicata (Walker, 1860)
 (previously known as Boarmia displicata)
BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cleora displicata
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moth is grey or brown with a dark wavy lines across each wing. The moth has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

Cleora displicata
(Photo: courtesy of Gary Brooks, Tinnanbar, Queensland)

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Cleora displicata
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Gary Brooks, Tinnanbar, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 61.

    Francis Walker,
    Geometrites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 21 (1860), pp. 389-390, No. 117.

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    (updated 3 February 2010, 30 September 2017, 15 September 2020)