Melitulias graphicata (Walker, 1861)
(previously known as : Tephrina graphicata)
HYDROMENINI ,
LARENTIINAE ,
GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 September 2011)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings
with three crooked pale light
wiggly lines running across each one.
The hindwings are fawn coloured.
It has a wing span of about 2 cms.
The species is found in the mountainous regions of
New South Wales, and
Victoria.
