Poecilasthena pisicolor Turner, 1942
 ASTHENINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Poecilasthena pisicolor
male
(Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt, Queensland Museum)

The adult moth of this species is pale brownish green with a blurred dark spot near the middle of each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Poecilasthena pisicolor
male, underside
(Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt, Queensland Museum)

The species is found in Australia in:

  • Western Australia.

    Further reading:

    Olga Schmidt,
    An annotated and illustrated list of the primary type specimens of geometrid moths deposited in the Queensland Museum (Australia, Brisbane),
    Spixiana,
    Volume 5, Part 1 (2012), pp. 79-100, Figs. 41 a,b.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta Lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53 (1942), p. 62.

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    (written 17 June 2015)