Ectropis plectroneura (Lower, 1900)
 (one synonym is Selidosema diagramma Lower, 1900)
BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Ectropis plectroneura
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Lake Ross, South Australia)

The wings of the adult moth of this species have pale grey or brown forewings, each with two or three dark wavy lines and spots. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 25 (1900), pp. 34-35.

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 25 (1900), p. 36.

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    (written 28 March 2018, updated 11 August 2018, 14 May 2021)