(formerly known as Acachmena euthysticha) EPIPLEMINAE, URANIIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The adult moths of this species have a complex pattern, of shades of brown on each wing. The hindmargin of each forewing is concave. The hindwing margins each have a projection, and in the females : are scalloped. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species occurs in Australia in
Further reading :
A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 10 (1911), p. 75.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 5 April 2019)