Dizuga recusataria (Walker, 1863)
(formerly known as Zeugma recusataria)
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 arcs of small dark spots on each wing, some spots darker than others. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species is found across south-east Asia, including :

  • Borneo,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Geometrites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 26 (1862), p. 1623.


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    (updated 6 September 2004, 26 February 2017, 3 December 2020)