(one synonym : Anteia cadaverosa T.P. Lucas, 1901) 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 some black marks along the costa of each forewing, and along the margin of each hindwing. The margin of each hindwing is angled, with a black mark in the angle. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.
The species occurs in :
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
Queensland Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 15 (1901), pp. 80-81.
William Warren,
New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae
from Papuan region, collected by Mr. Albert S. Meek,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 3 (1896), p. 274, No. 6.
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(updated 17 May 2010)