Perixera niveopuncta Warren, 1897
 (formerly known as Anisodes niveopuncta)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species are pale brown with a lacuna near the middle of each wing and sometimes some dark markings. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

The species is found across south-east Asia, from India to the Pacific, including :

  • Borneo,
  • Hong Kong, and
  • Society Island

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New Genera and Species of Moths from the Old World Regions,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 4 (1897), pp. 48-49, No. 104.

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    (updated 6 January 2010, 26 February 2017, 10 November 2019, 3 December 2020)