Eucyclodes buprestaria (Guenée, 1857)
 (previously known as : Phorodesma buprestaria)
GEOMETRINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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


male
(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Young)

The caterpillars of this species feed on the young shoots and flowers of the Dodder vines:

  • Slender Snotty-Gobble ( Cassytha glabella ), and
  • Downy Dodder Laurel ( Cassytha pubescens ),

    in the plant family LAURACEAE.

    The adult moths are green with purplish-brown markings on the wings, and additional white outlines to some of the brown marks. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

    The species is found in the southern half of Australia including

  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • South Australia,
  • Tasmania, and in
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pls. 11.25, 27.7, p. 373.

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    (updated 19 April 2011)