Argyrocosma argosticta (Turner, 1904) (previously known as Euchloris argosticta) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are green with 30 or so short white marks, and a single central black dot on each wing. The forewings each have a white costa ending in a black mark at the wing-tip. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 28 (1904), p. 220.

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(written 30 October 2014, updated 23 September 2019, 29 April 2021)