GEOMETRINAE of Australia GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

GEOMETRINAE eggs

GEOMETRINAE caterpillars

GEOMETRINAE pupae

GEOMETRINAE moths

GEOMETRINAE females

GEOMETRINAE undersides

GEOMETRINAE forewings

Some notable members of the 165 Australian named species in GEOMETRINAE are :

Aeolochroma hypochromaria
Aeolochroma melaleucae : Paperbark Emerald
Aeolochroma metarhodata : Tea-tree Emerald
Aeolochroma mniaria : Cryptic Emerald
Aeolochroma olivia
Aeolochroma pammiges
Aeolochroma quadrilinea
Aeolochroma saturataria
Aeolochroma turneri
Aeolochroma viridicata

Agathia distributa
Agathia ochrotypa
Agathia pisina
Agathia prasinaspis

Agathiopsis basipuncta
Agathiopsis maculata

Albinospila floresaria

Alloeopage cinerea

Anomogenes morphnopa

Apodasmia rufonigraria : Rusty Geometrid

Argyrocosma argosticta

Austroterpna idiographa
Austroterpna paratorna : Rounded Grey

Berta chrysolineata

Cenochlora quieta

Cerura melanoglypta : Black-blotched Grey

Chlorocoma assimilis : Golden-fringed Emerald
Chlorocoma cadmaria : Spectacular Emerald
Chlorocoma carenaria : Veined Emerald
Chlorocoma cyclosema
Chlorocoma dichloraria : Double-fringed Emerald
Chlorocoma externa : Spotted-fringe Emerald
Chlorocoma haplochlora
Chlorocoma melocrossa : Cream-fringed Emerald
Chlorocoma stereota : White-lined Emerald
Chlorocoma tachypora : Flappy Emerald
Chlorocoma tetraspila : Four-spotted Emerald
Chlorocoma vertumnaria : Red-fringed Emerald

Chlorodes boisduvalaria : Boisduval's Emerald

Chrysochloroma megaloptera

Comibaena connata
Comibaena inductaria
Comibaena mariae

Comostola cedilla
Comostola chlorargyra
Comostola citrolimbaria
Comostola iodioides
Comostola laesaria
Comostola leucomerata
Comostola minutata
Comostola nereidaria
Comostola pyrrhogona

Comostolopsis germana : Bitou Tip Moth

Cosmogonia decorata

Crypsiphona ocultaria : Red-lined Geometrid
Crypsiphona tasmanica : Tasmanian Geometrid

Cymatoplex halcyone
Cymatoplex species

Cyneoterpna alpina : Alpine Grey
Cyneoterpna wilsoni : Wilson's Grey

Dysphania numana : Peacock Jewel

Epipristis oxycyma
Epipristis oxyodonta

Eucyclodes leptocosma
Eucyclodes lithocrossa
Eucyclodes metaspila : Gumtree Bizarre Looper
Eucyclodes pieroides : Wattle Bizarre Looper
Eucyclodes speciosa

Euloxia fugitivaria : Eastern Euloxia
Euloxia hypsithrona : Alpine Emerald
Euloxia meandraria : Two-lined Euloxia
Euloxia pyropa : Unadorned Euloxia

Heliomystis electrica : Electric Moth

Hemichloreis exoterica : Crayon Emerald

Hemithea doddi
Hemithea obscurata
Hemithea pellucidula
Hemithea wuka

Hypobapta barnardi : Barnard's Grey
Hypobapta diffundens : Diffundens Grey
Hypobapta percomptaria : Southern Grey
Hypobapta tachyhalotaria : Varied Grey

Hypodoxa bryophylla
Hypodoxa conspurcata : Textured Emerald
Hypodoxa deteriorata
Hypodoxa emiliaria
Hypodoxa erebusata
Hypodoxa horridata
Hypodoxa muscosaria : Textured Emerald
Hypodoxa paroptila

Idiochlora celataria

Idiochroa celidota
Idiochroa rufifrons

Iulops argocrana : White-fringed Emerald

Xenochlaena porphyropa

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(updated 6 May 2011, 9 June 2026)