(previously known as: Hypochrosis recensata) HYPOCHROSINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of the
Bishop Museum, Hawaii)
This Caterpillar has alternating black and white bands along its body, except for a red band by the thorax, and some yellow ones at the end of the abdomen. It grows to a length of about 5 cms.
The adult moth is brown with a yellow diagonal stripe across each wing outlined in black. The moth has a wingspan of about 5 cms.
The species is found in
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 2.
Louis Beethoven Prout,
New Geometridae,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 32 (1925), p. 50, No. 45
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(updated 4 June 2013, 10 August 2024)