Euloxia meandraria (Guenée, 1857)
Two-lined Euloxia
 (previously known as Iodis meandraria)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on:

  • Tea Trees ( Leptospermum, MYRTACEAE ), and
  • Black Peppermint ( Eucalyptus amygdalina, MYRTACEAE ).


    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    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 moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

    The species occurs over southern Australia, including

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 11.11, p. 374.

    Achille Guenée,
    in Boisduval & Guenée: Uranides et Phalénites,
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9 (1857), p. 355, No. 554.

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

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    (updated 29 June 2013, 18 June 2018, 6 February 2019, 2 November 2020)