(also known as Hypomecis zaloschema) Shaded Bark Moth BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7)
The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with a complex pattern the wings. The wing margins are saw-toothed. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
The genus to which this species is assigned (Boarmia) is inappropriate, and this species and that currently named Cleora nesiotis should both be placed in a new but yet undescribed genus.
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera VI,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 42 (1917), pp. 355-356.
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 24-25.
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(written 12 March 2018, updated 2 JUly 2018, 10 May 2021)