The adults are grey with dark zig-zag markings on the forewings.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The eggs are oval and white, and covered in micriscopic dimples.

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 31 March 2011)