The adult moths are brown, with a diagonal line of black dots near the tip of each forewing. There is also a small white spot at the base of each forewing. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The eggs are laid loosely attached to the substrate, and are cream coloured, smooth and oval, and have a dimple.

(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The species has been found in:

male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 5)

Further reading :

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

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.

Peter B. McQuillan,
An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
Journal of Insect Conservation,
Volume 8 (2004), Parts 2-3, pp. 209-220.

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

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: VI (Third instalment),
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 44 (1919), p. 307, No. 217.

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(updated 28 April 2010, 9 October 2013, 12 March 2021)