Chloeres citrolimbaria (Guenée, 1857)
(one synonym : Chlorochroma inchoata Walker, 1861)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Chloeres citrolimbaria
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are plain green, with pale edges to the wings and a pale dorsal line on the abdomen. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species occurs in :

  • Queensland.

    Chloeres citrolimbaria
    (Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)


    Further reading

    Achille Guenée,
    Uranides et Phalénites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), p. 366, No. 581.


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    (updated 20 July 2010, 10 November 2019)