Hypodoxa erebusata (Walker, 1860)
(one synonym : Hypochroma erebata Meyrick, 1888)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Hypodoxa erebusata
(Photo: courtesy of Frank Pierce, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are grey with a dark spot near the middle of each wing. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

Hypodoxa erebusata
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Hypodoxa erebusata
    some of underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Frank Pierce, Townsville, Queensland)


    Further reading

    Francis Walker,
    Geometrites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 21 (1860), pp. 443-444, No. 35.


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    (updated 14 August 2010, 20 January 2019, 12 October 2020)