Syneora hemeropa (Meyrick, 1892)
(previously known as Scioglyptis hemeropa)
Ring-tipped Bark Moth
BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Syneora hemeropa
female
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species are brown with a number of darker markings on each wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Syneora hemeropa
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 7)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
    Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 26-27.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 6, Part 4 (1892), p. 594, No. 11.


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    (updated 14 May 2010, 8 October 2013, 29 November 2020)