Hypodoxa paroptila (Turner, 1906) (formerly known as Pseudoterpna paroptila) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species are pale brown with several broad zig-zag submarginal bands in various shades on each wing. The underside of each wing is off-white, with a black spot near the middle, a brown margin, and a black submarginal band. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in

Queensland

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 30 (1906), p. 130.

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(written 30 October 2014, updated 20 December 2024)