Idiochroa celidota Turner, 1922 GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are green, but with a brown, white and black circular patch by the tornus of each forewing. Some specimens also have yellow streaks on the wings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in

northern New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 46 (1922), p. 271.

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(written 5 January 2015, updated 29 April 2021)