(one synonym is Euchloris thalassica Turner, 1904) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Bishop Museum, Hawaii)
This Caterpillar is a brown looper with a pair of dark warts on each segment. The caterpillar has been found feeding on :
The adult is yellowish-green with two pale wavy lines across each wing. The sexes are similar in size and colour, but the males have a more rounded tip to each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms. This species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :
as well as in Australia in
Further reading:
Francis Walker,
Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Volume 35 (1866), p. 1614.
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(updated 9 June 2010, 18 February 2014, 29 April 2021)