(previously known as Ophiographa drakei) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE GEOMETROIDEA, | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on
The adult moths are pale grey with several faint jagged lines across each wing. Each hindwing has a faint version of the forewing patterns. The wings have scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
Th species occurs in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2013, pp. 8-9.
Louis Beethoven Prout,
Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
Genera Insectorum,
Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 48, No. 5 (2).
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 13 June 2013, updated 23 February 2017, 15 May 2021)