| (formerly known as Micronia directaria) EPIPLEMINAE, URANIIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
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| (formerly known as Micronia directaria) EPIPLEMINAE, URANIIDAE, 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 white, with black-edged white stripes across each wing. There is a black line along the margin of each wing. The margin of each hindwing is angled, with a black mark in the angle. The wingspan can be up to 7 cms.
The species occurs in :
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1640.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 17 May 2010)