Microdes squamulata Guenée, 1857
(one synonym is: Oesymna stipataria Walker, 1869)
 EUPITHECIINI ,   LARENTIINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Microdes squamulata
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda).

This caterpillar feeds on :

  • Wattles ( Acacia species, MIMOSACEAE ).

    The adult moth is grey with light and dark wriggly lines including a few orange marks on the forewings. The hindwings are plain pale grey. The forewings each have a convex costa at the base. The moths have a wing span of about 2 cms.

    The species occurs in

  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • South Australia,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Victoria.

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    (updated 12 July 2011)