Traminda prasodes Meyrick, 1888)
 (one synonym : Trygodes catacissa Turner, 1908)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


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

The adult moths of this species are usually green with a dark spot near the middle of each forewing, and sometimes a dark outlined pale spot on each hindwing. The wings each have an angular cusp about halfway along the margin. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera II,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 2, Part 4 (1888), p. 865, No. 32.

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    (updated 19 April 2011, 22 October 2025)