Loweria species DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley

(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The adult moths of this species are pale brown with a few darker markings.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The eggs are laid in a row, and are smooth and oval. They are white with red spots.

Further reading :

Cathy Byrne,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data,
Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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(updated 14 December 2009)