Beautiful Wave (formerly known as Sterrha pulcherrima) LARENTIINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
G.M. Goods,
Forrestania, Western Australia)
The adult moth of this species has pink and brown forewings, each crossed by three or four zigzag off-white lines. The hindwings are off-white. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species is found in Australia in:
Further reading:
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 50 (1939), p. 134.
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(written 4 November 2018, updated 3 December 2023)