BOARMIINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Catherine J. Young
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 April 2005)
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Catherine J. Young
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 April 2005)
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
The colour of this Caterpillar is brown with a pink and orange shaded patches. It feeds on the leaves of :
The adult moth is light brown with wavy transverse dark brown lines extending across both wings.
The eggs are red, oval, and minutely pitted all over.
Further reading :
Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis,
University of Tasmania, 2003.
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