| (formerly known as Erosia stolida) EPIPLEMINAE, URANIIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan,
Imbil, Queensland)
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| (formerly known as Erosia stolida) EPIPLEMINAE, URANIIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan,
Imbil, Queensland)
The adult moths of this species have a variable brownish-grey pattern on each wing. The hind margin of the forewing is concave.
Like many moths in the subfamily EPIPLEMINAE, the moth often exhibits an interesting resting posture by creasing its wings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species occurs in :
The correct genus of this moth is thought by some taxonmists to be Phazaca.
Further reading :
Arthur G. Butler,
Heterocera from the Australian Region,
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
1886, p. 415, No. 57.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 214.
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(updated 8 July 2011, 6 December 2014, 24 April 2021)