Borbacha euchrysa (Lower, 1894) (one synonym : Borbacha parviscripta Warren, 1896) BAPTINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

These caterpillars have orange and black bands with white patches, and appear to mimic a coral snake, for example Simoselaps australis.

The uppersides of the wings of the adult moth of this species can be yellow, green, or brown, each with a pattern of dark blotches, abd a dark dot near the middle.

(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The undersides are paler, with a pattern of dark wiggly lines. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

The species occurs in

north Queensland.

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Further reading

Oswald B. Lower,
New Australian Heterocera,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 18 (1894), pp. 82-83.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 58.

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(updated 15 March 2011, 15 May 2021)