The adult moth has white forewings with brown patches, and yellow hindwings each with a dark patch. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

slightly disembodied
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott)

Further reading :

Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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(updated 11 February 2009)