Perixera jocosa (Warren, 1896)
(one synonym : Anisodes clara L.B.Prout, 1920)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Perixera jocosa
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are pale yellow with grey speckles. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • India,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3 (1896), pp. 114-115, No. 37.


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    (updated 17 March 2010)