(one synonym : Xenosina detrita Warren, 1900) Bleached Casbia CABERINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Cathy Byrne & Stella Crossley |
early instar, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)
The Caterpillars of this species are initially white with dark brown dots and a pale brown head. Later the body becomes pale green with coloured markings, anf the head becomes green.
The caterpillars are missing three pairs of prolegs, so walk in a looper fashion.
The caterpillars have been found found feeding on
The pupa is formed in a cocoon amongst the foliage of adjacent trees.
The female adult moth is brown with each wing having an indistinct dark transverse band. The forewings have hooked wingtips. At rest the wings are held flat. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The males have a variable dark pattern near the middle of the margin, and a dark dot in the cell of every wing.
The eggs are egg-shaped, smooth, and buff coloured. They are laid singly.
The species may be found in
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 14-15.
Rudolph Rosenstock,
Notes on Australian Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Volume 5, Part 16 (1885), p. 430, No. 402.
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(updated 14 December 2009, 11 May 2023)