(previously known as Ectropis macariata) BOARMIINI , ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is brown with complex markings, including a dark arc across the tip of each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in:
Further reading :
William Warren,
New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae,
Uraniidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 4 (1897), p. 248, No. 147.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 7 January 2013)