Parosteodes species MACARIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

These Caterpillars are loopers, having most prolegs missing. The caterpillars are green, with a thin orange band between the segments, and a reddish-brown head

(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The adult moths are brown with a complex pattern on the wings.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The eggs are oval, green, and covered in an embossed hexagonal mesh.

Malcolm J. Scoble & Martin Kruger,
A review of the genera of Macariini with a revised classification of the tribe (Geometridae: Ennominae),
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,
Volume 134, Issue 3, March 2002, p. 257.

previous caterpillar

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

next caterpillar

(updated 18 May 2005, 1 January 2017)