Chlenias zonaea Guest, 1887
(redescribed by Meyrick, 1892)
Pine Looper
 NACOPHORINI ,   ENNOMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

Chlenias zonaea
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

This Caterpillar is white with thin black lines on the head and body, and broader orange lines along the body alone. The spiracles and true legs are red. The caterpillar feeds on :

  • Pines ( PINACEAE ).

    Chlenias zonaea
    (Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

    The adult moths are grey. At rest, they wrap their wings around the body..

    Chlenias zonaea
    eggs, magnified
    (Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

    The eggs are laid in untidy clumps. They are white and oval.

    The species has been found in:

  • Tasmania, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Catherine J. Young,
    Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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    (updated 17 September 2011)