Agathia prasinaspis Meyrick, 1889
(one synonym is: Agathia veneranda Swinhoe, 1902)
GEOMETRINAEGEOMETRIDAE

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


male, caught on Fraser Island
(Photo: courtesy of Darren Smallwood)

The adult moths of this species are green with a grey-brown stripe along the margin of each wing. The females also have a stripe across the middle of each forewing. The hindwings each have a short angular extension at the tornus. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


female,
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks)

The species is found in

  • Papua,
    as well as
  • Queensland, and
  • northern New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pls. 11.19, 11.21, 27.5, p. 373.


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    (updated 5 February 2010)