![]() | (one synonym is : Geometra penecillata Walker, 1861) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Pollock, Smithsonian Institution)
The caterpillars of this species are basically green. Young instars have a red dorsal line. Later instars just have red blotches. The caterpillars have been found feeding on :
The adult moths are also green. Their wingspan is about 3 cms.
This species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :
as well as in
Further reading:
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), p. 361, No. 568.
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(updated 20 July 2010, 11 December 2016)