| (formerly known as Micronia discata) URANIINAE, 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 discata) URANIINAE, 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 have off-white wings, each with scattered brown dots and spots. There are three dark spots at the pointed tornus of each hindwing. Like many moths in the family GEOMETRIDAE the moth has its wings open and flat in its resting posture. The wingspan of the males is about 2 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in :
Further reading :
William Warren,
New species and genera of the families Drepanulidae, Thyrididae,
Epiplemidae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 6 (1899) p. 319, No. 19.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 5 April 2019, updated 12 November 2020)