These Caterpillars are loopers, having most prolegs missing. Initially the caterpillars are grey with a brown head.

(Photo: copyright Catherine J. Young)

Later they become purplish-brown.

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The adult moths are a speckled fawn colour, Some individuals have a dark spot near the middle of each wing. Others have a dark submarginal line bounding a dark area on each forewing.

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs in :

Victoria.

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Further reading-

Malcolm J. Scoble & Martin Kruger,
A review of the genera of Macariini with a revised classification of the tribe (Geometridae: Ennominae),
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 134, Issue 3, March 2002, p.257.

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