OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4)
The adult moths of this species are greyish brown with a paler marginal half to each wing. The forewing wingtips are recurved, and the margins scalloped The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in
The adult moths have a coiled haustellum under the head, which they can uncoil, and through which they can sip nectar from flowers.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 36.12, p. 369.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 8-9.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 50 (1939), p. 142.
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(updated 4 May 2014, 8 March 2020, 21 June 2021, 16 May 2022)