Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860
(one synonym is: Moncteria odontias)
 OENOCHROMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

(updated 25 September 2011)


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richarson, Kuranda)

The adult moth has brown wings with scalloped edges. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.


(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species occurs in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 145.

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