Cosmogonia decorata (Warren, 1896) (previously known as Thalerura decorata) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species are green, with some sparse dark lines, and a reddish pointed tail at the tornus of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species occurs in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

William Warren,
New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 3 (1896), p. 369, No. 85.

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(updated 27 August 2012)