Syneora leucanthes (Turner, 1947)
(formerly known as Boarmia leucanthes)
BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Syneora leucanthes
(Photo: courtesy of Petr Koch, Beaufort Inlet, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species are pale grey with several pale-edged darker wavy lines on each wing. The forewings each have a dark dot near the middle, a vague dark line beside and parallel to the costa, and sometimes an arc of dark dots along the margin. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Syneora leucanthes
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • Western Australia, and
  • South Australia.


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 58 (1947), p. 78, No. 18.


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    (written 8 July 2023)