NACOPHORINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Common, from
Moths of Australia)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian Common, from
Moths of Australia)
These caterpillars are speckled brown with red-edged pale dots. There is a knob on the back of the first abdomenal segment. They feed on the leaves of:
They construct a shelter, in which they live, of leaves joined by silk.
The adult moths are pale brown, with dark speckles and two submarginal dark lines across each forewing. Each forewing has a recurved margin giving it a hooked tip. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 26.7, p. 364.
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(updated 19 June 2010)