Balantiucha leucocephala (Walker, 1863) (formerly known as Erosia leucocephala) EPIPLEMINAE,   URANIIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have two wavy brownish-grey bands across each wing The hind margin of each forewing is also concave. The hindwings each have a pointed tornus. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 25 (1863), p. 1758.

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(written 10 October 2018, updated 22 January 2020)