(previously known as Oenone solaris) ARCHIEARINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths have forewings that are dark brown with a white speckled pattern of bands and lines. The hindwings are black, each with a large yellow disc in the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in Australia only in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), p. 1195, No. 63.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 18 June 2021)