| Green Mosaic Geometrid (previously known as Euphyia zalosema) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
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| Green Mosaic Geometrid (previously known as Euphyia zalosema) DIPTYCHINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
male
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5)
The Caterpillars of this species feed only on one plant, namely
The adult moths have a bold intricate pattern of black and pale green on the forewings, and plain pale brown hindwings darkening toward the margins. The moths have a wing span of about 3 cms.
This species have been taken in
Further reading:
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 5 - Satin Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2014, pp. 14-15.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New and Little known Tasmanian Lepidoptera,
courtesy of the
Library Open Repository, University of Tasmania Library,
Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania,
1925, p. 105.
Catherine J. Young & Peter B. Mcquillan,
Redescription and life-cycle of Archephanes zalosema Turner, 1926 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), a specialist on Winteraceae,
Insect Systematics & Evolution,
Volume 34, Part 1 (2003), pp. 81-94.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 20 December 2015, updated 14 February 2021)
