Euloxia hypsithrona (Meyrick, 1888) Alpine Emerald (previously known as Iodis hypsithrona) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The adult moth has green forewings and pale green hindwings. Each forewing also has two wavy white lines across it, and each hindwing has one. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

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

The species is found in

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 32-33.

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera V,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), pp. 874-875, No. 39.

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(updated 29 June 2013, 18 June 2018)