Nadagara xylotrema (Lower, 1903) (one synonym : Nadagara argyrosticha Turner, 1919) LITHININI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with several curved dark brown lines across each wing. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

The species has been found in Queensland.

Further reading

Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 29.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 68.

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(updated 15 February 2010)