Scopula emissaria (Walker, 1861)
 (previously known as Acidalia emissaria)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Scopula emissaria
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

This adult moth has pale brown wings with a dark dot, a fuzzy dark submarginal band, and other markings, on each wing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including

  • India,
  • Japan,
  • Laos,
  • Korea,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading

    Francis Walker,
    Geometrites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 22 (1861), p. 751, No. 192.

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    (written 10 January 2013, updated 18 January 2025)