male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The adult moths are green Emeralds, and the wings having a red border. The moths also have a dark spot in the middle of each wing, and a plain green abdomen, which distinguish it from the similar Chlorocoma cadmaria. The wings are rounded, unlike those of the Emerald Chlorocoma tetraspila. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The eggs are round, flattened, and yellow, and covered in minute dimples. They are laid singly.

close-up of eggs
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The species has been found in:

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

Further reading :

Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 136-137.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 34-35.

Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 22 (1861), p. 564, No. 11.

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(updated 3 November 2011, 17 December 2019, 15 November 2020)