Taxeotis endela Meyrick, 1890
Endela Taxeotis
 (one synonym : Prototypa dryina Turner, 1916)
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Taxeotis endela
(Photo: courtesy of Lisa, Mongarlowe, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species are brown, with a thin dark dotted line across, and a dark dot near the middle of each forewing. Both of the males and the females in this genus have thread-like antennae. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Taxeotis endela
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 16-17.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), p. 1142, No. 1.

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    (written 8 May 2014, updated 7 December 2022)