Cleptocosmia mutabilis Warren, 1896
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has yellow-brown finely patterned wings. The wings have slightly scalloped margins. The margins of the hindwings each have a round angle. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3 (1896), p. 383, No. 123.


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    (written 3 January 2022)