Neogyne elongata Warren, 1898 Roller Moth BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are blotchy brown, with one or two dark zig-zag lines across them. The hindwings are similar to the forewings, but usually more muted. Each wing has a slightly scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The moth usually rests with the wings creased and folded, and with the abdomen bent to one side.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in Australia in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 68.

William Warren,
New species and genera of the families Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World Regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 5 (1898), p. 256, No. 88.

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(written 28 December 2013, updated 23 September 2018)