Syneora leucanthes (Turner, 1947) (formerly known as Boarmia leucanthes) BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Petr Koch, Beaufort Inlet, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species are pale grey with several pale-edged darker wavy lines on each wing. The forewings each have a dark dot near the middle, a vague dark line beside and parallel to the costa, and sometimes an arc of dark dots along the margin. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in

South Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), p. 78, No. 18.

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(written 8 July 2023)