(one synonym is Acidalia quadraequata Walker, 1861) STERRHINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species are a pale greenish-brown colour with faint dark zigzag lines across the wings. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found across south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including :
as well as in Australia 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. 348, No. 538.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(updated 20 July 2010, 3 December 2020)