Eumelea duponchelii (Montrouzier, 1856)
 (previously known as Aspilates duponchelii)
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eumelea duponchelii
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Queensland)

The moths of this species are speckled orange. They have a straight dark oblique band across each wing from costa to hind margin, unlike other species in this genus which have curved or incomplete bands. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

Eumelea duponchelii
underside
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Queensland)

The species occurs in

  • New Guinea,
  • Pulau Buru (Indonesia),

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    P. Montrouzier,
    Faune de L'Ile de Woodlark ou Moulou,
    Annales de la Société d’Agriculture de Lyon,
    Volume 2, Tome 8 (1856), p. 410.

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    (updated 7 February 2010, 4 February 2017, 23 June 2021, 3 September 2022)