(previously known as Ophiographa macrophyes) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE GEOMETROIDEA, | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, West Mount Barren, Western Australia)
The adult moths of this species have forewings each with a pattern of shades of grey, and with several white-edged black 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.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
Louis Beethoven Prout,
Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
Genera Insectorum,
Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 48, No. 2 (1).
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 12 May 2021)