Gymnoscelis kennii Turner, 1922
EUPITHECIINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Gymnoscelis kennii
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth has brown forewings each with several broken undulating black submarginal lines, a black line along part of the costa, and a dark grey area around the tornus. The hindwings are grey with several undulating black submarginal lines, and a brown area around the base. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 46 (1922), p. 236.


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    (written 10 November 2014)