Maxates tanygona (Turner, 1904) (previously known as Euchloris tanygona) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of David Fischer, Barrington Tops, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have green forewings, each with a white line along the highly curved costa, have a red spot near the middle. and are crossed by two dark zigzga lines which end in a red spot on the hind margin. The hindwings are each shaped like a kite, and are green, with one transverse dark zigzag line and a multiple red spot near the middle. The margins of all four wings have red edges, and very short white fringes. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera...with synonomic notes and other notes,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 28 (1904), p. 220.

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(written 8 June 2026)