(one synonym : Bargosa chandubija Walker, 1860) CABERINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on a number of plants from the plant family RHAMNACEAE :
The adult moths are brown, sometimes with dark spots, and a straight dark line across the middle each wing. The underside has a dark spot near the middle under each wing, and broad dark margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer,
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge,
Verzeichniss der in diesem Werke gelieferten Arten nach Reihenfolge ihrer Veroffentlichung,
Series I, Volume 1, Part 3 (1856), p. 78, No. 534, and
Plate 117, fig. 534.
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(updated 16 February 2010, 13 May 2021)