Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866)
(also known as: Comostola pyrrhogona)
 GEOMETRINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species are green with a rusty-red border to each wing. There is also a rusty=red dorsal line along the abdomen. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona
Norfolk Island 1976

The species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :

  • Borneo,
  • Indonesia
  • Taiwan,
    and in Australia in:
  • Norfolk Island, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 11.23, p. 374.

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    (updated 10 June 2010)