Poecilasthena sthenommata Turner, 1922
 ASTHENINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Poecilasthena sthenommata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is dull green with broad wiggly white bands across the wings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

This species has been found Australia in:

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 46 (1922), p. 232.

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    (created 31 December 2011, 2 November 2025)