Micronia species URANIINAE,   URANIIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have speckled pale brown wings with two faint darker submarginal bands. Each forewing has a hooked wingtip, and at the tornus of each hindwing there is a short tail with a black spot. Like many moths in the family GEOMETRIDAE the moth has its wings open and flat in its resting posture.

The species occurs in :

Queensland.

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(updated 20 July 2010)