| (formerly known as Ptochophyle cyphosticha) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of the
Natural History Museum, London)
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| (formerly known as Ptochophyle cyphosticha) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of the
Natural History Museum, London)
The adult moths of this species have rusty red wings, each crossed by two dark zigzag lines, and each with a black-edged white spot near the middle. The females have thread-like antennae. The males have feathery antennae, and a pale area by the tornus of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found in
Further Reading
A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. IV,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 32 (1908), pp. 680-681, No. 81.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 28 June 2019)