Anisozyga aphrias (Meyrick, 1889)
(one synonym is : Anisogamia fragmentata Warren, 1907)
 GEOMETRINAE  ,  GEOMETRIDAE

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

Anisozyga aphrias
(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

This caterpillar is brown with pairs of triangular projections along its back.The skin is rough and irregular. The caterpillar is a looper, having only one pair of prolegs plus the anal claspers. The caterpillar is thought to have been feeding on the foliage of

  • Stringybark ( Eucalyptus tetrodonta, MYRTACEAE ), and
  • Billy Goat Plum ( Terminalia ferdinandiana, COMBRETACEAE ).

    Anisozyga aphrias
    cocoon
    (Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

    The caterpillar pupated inside a cocoon of dead leaves joined with silk.

    Anisozyga aphrias
    female
    (Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

    The female moths are green with a broad brown border to each wing, and a yellowish collar behind the head.

    The adult male moths are green with irregular white patches and markings on the wings.

    Anisozyga aphrias
    female
    (Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

    The species is found in

  • Queensland, and
  • Northern Territory.

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    (updated 12 September 2011)