Eccymatoge fulvida (Turner, 1907)
(formerly known as Eucymatoge fulvida)
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eccymatoge fulvida
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have forewings each with broken bands of shades of brown, and often with a dark spot near the middle, and/or a pale spot at the middle of the margin. The hindwings are similar with no dark spot. The wing margins are scalloped. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

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

Th species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Teritory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.


    Further Reading

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 31, Part4 (1907), pp. 700-701.


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    (written 1 May 2014, updated 20 January 2017, 20 March 2021)