| (previously known as Thalassodes veraria) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Thalassodes veraria) GEOMETRINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species are sometimes a pest on seedlings such as:
The adult moths are green with two faint pale zigzag lines across each wing, and a yellow costa to each forewing. The hindwings each have an angular margin. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species occurs across southern Asia and the Pacific, including :
and in Australia in:
Further reading:
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), pp. 360-361, No. 566.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(updated 20 July 2010, 2 January 2021)