| (one synonym : Euchloris amphibola Turner, 1906) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
The adult moths of this species are green, with a ragged broad brown margin to each wing, and a dark patch at the base and apex of each forewing, and at the base and hind margin of each hindwing. The wings have scalloped margins. The males have an interrupted marginal band on each forewing. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species is found in
and also in Australia in:
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 75.
William Warren,
New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae
from Papuan region, collected by Mr. Albert S. Meek,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 3 (1896), pp. 285-286, No. 34.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 13 May 2011, 13 July 2020)