Chlorocoma carenaria (Guenée, 1857)
(previously known as : Chlorochroma carenaria T.P. Lucas, 1892)
 GEOMETRINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

Chlorocoma carenaria
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil)

The adult moths of this species are basically green so that they belong to the group called 'Emeralds'. For this species, each forewing has a smoothly curved white sub-marginal line. Each hindwing has a jagged curved white sub-marginal line. The abdomen also has a white dorsal line.

Specimens have been caught in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Queensland,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Victoria.

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    (updated 20 July 2010)