(previously known as : Phorodesma buprestaria)
GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 May 2007)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Cathy Young)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 May 2007)
male
(Photo: courtesy of
Cathy Young)
The caterpillars of this species feed on the young shoots and flowers of the Dodder vines:
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 and in Tasmania.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 373.
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