Aepylopha thalassia Turner, 1942
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has green wings, each with a pattern of brown irregular lines and patches. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species is found in Australia in:

  • Queensland.


    Further reading:

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53, Part 4 (1942), pp. 62-63.


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    (written 4 November 2018)