(previously known as Mnesterodes trypheropa) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with a dark zigzag submarginal band on each wing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in :
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
On some Lepidoptera from New Guinea,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1889, pp. 483-484, No. 85.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 10 January 2013, updated 23 November 2020)