Boarmia suasaria (Guenée, 1857) (one synonym : Tephrosia gratularia, Walker, 1860) Serrated Bark Moth BOARMIINI ,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)

The caterpillars of this species are green with thin white strpes, a brown head, and several yellow spots on each segment.

(Photo: courtesy of David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)

The colours are a close match to the vegetation on which they feed.

head, close-up
(Photo: courtesy of David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)

The pupa is dark brown, with a length of about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)

The adult moths have grey wings with brownish patches, each wing with various wiggly lines, including a black-edged white zigzag submarginal line and chequered fringes. The abdomen has alternating light and dark bands. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 7)

The species has been found in:

Tasmania.

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

The genus of this species is under review, and so the species is currently unplaced.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of John Bromilow, Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory)

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Further reading :

Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), p. 243, No. 363.

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

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