These caterpillars are green, with a dark dorsal line, and two yellow dorsal spots on the first abdominal segment.

(Photo: copyright Catherine J. Young)

The adult moths are silky white, with a bold network of rusty brown lines outlined in black on each forewing, and a rusty mark on the margin of each hindwing.

(Photo: copyright Catherine J. Young)

The wingspan is about 5 cms.

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

The eggs are pale green and nearly spherical. They are covered in microscopic pits, and laid in irregular clusters.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Catherine J. Young)

Specimens have been caught in Tasmania and New South Wales.

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.

Peter B. McQuillan,
An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
Journal of Insect Conservation, Volume 8, Issues 2 & 3, June 2004, pp. 209-220.

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(updated 6 May 2010)