(one synonym : Agathia disconnecta Warren, 1896) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moths are green with brown markings. The hindwings are unusual in having a cusp halfway along the margin. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species is found in:
Further reading
Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 2 (1891), pp. 296-297.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 74.
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(updated 17 April 2011)