| (previously known as Hydata metallica) EUTOEINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Hydata metallica) EUTOEINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
The adult moth of this species is translucent, with various dark marks including a broad brown submarginal band on each wing. Each forewing has a sharply hooked wingtip, and a cusp midway along the margin. The hindwings each have a scalloped margin ending in a cusp at the tornus. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in
and also in Australia in
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Cape York and the south-east coast of New Guinea,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London,
1877, Part 3, pp. 474-475, No. 47.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 73.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 7 February 2010, 10 May 2021)