Amelora leucaniata (Guenée, 1857)
Striped Cape-moth
 (formerly known as Liodes leucaniata)
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley

Amelora leucaniata
(Photo: courtesy of Greg Bellion, Macclesfield, Victoria)

The moths of this species are off-white with thick dark veins on the wings. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

Amelora leucaniata
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

This species has been found in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Amelora leucaniata
    young eggs magnified
    (Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

    The eggs are oval and white, and minutely ridged. As they approach hatching, they develop brown spots and later become entirely orange.

    Amelora leucaniata
    mature eggs magnified
    (Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Uranides et Phalénites II,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 120, No. 1113, and also Plate 18, fig. 3.

    Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 5,
    Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 12-13, 19, back cover.

    Peter B. McQuillan,
    The Tasmanian Geometrid Moths Associated with the Genus Amelora auctorum (Lepidoptera : Geometridae : Ennomina),
    Invertebrate Taxonomy,
    Volume 10, Issue 3, 1996, pp. 433-506.

    Catherine J. Young,
    Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data,
    Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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    (updated 20 July 2010, 3 April 2023)