Idaea franconiaria Swinhoe, 1902 (one synonym is Sterrha franconiana Turner, 1908) STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Dunmarra, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown wings, each with darker brown and orange zigzag transverse lines, and a dark spot near the middle. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Northern Territory.

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Further reading :

Charles Swinhoe,
New and little-known species of Drepanulidae, Epiplemidae, Microniidae & Geometridae in the national collections.,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1902, p. 658.

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(written 10 September 2022)