Eremodorea haplopsara Turner, 1939
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eremodorea haplopsara
female
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Angibruckener Bridge, Oodnadatta Track, South Australia)

The adult moth of this species has grey or brown wings, each with dark markings including a marginal and a submarginal arc of dark dots and dashes. The hindwings are unusually narrow. The small hindwings that are often obscured by the forewings. The forewings are often held creased and folded along the hindmargin. The females have thread-like antennae, and the males have feathery antennae. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Eremodorea haplopsara
male
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Clayton Stn, Birdsville Track, South Australia)

The species is found in Australia in:

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

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


    Further reading:

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 50 (1939), p. 133.


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    (written 9 March 2022)