Capusa chionopleura Turner, 1926
 DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

Capusa chionopleura
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Eridunna, Northern Territory)

The adult moth of this species has dark grey forewings each with dark veins and a white stripe along the costa. The hindwings are off-white, shading to grey at the the wing-tips. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

Unusually for Geometrids, it creases and folds its wings, like a collapsed tent, along its back when at rest.

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 50 (1926), p. 128.

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    (written 29 October 2021)