Nearcha benecristata Warren, 1895
 DESMOBATHRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Nearcha benecristata
(Photo: courtesy of Michael Quinn, Baradine, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have grey or brown forewings, each with dark markings including half a vague dark band across the middle of each wing. The forewings have slightly recurved wingtips. The hindwings each have a vague complete transverse dark band across the middle. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

Nearcha benecristata
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New species and genera of Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 2 (1895), pp. 83-84.

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    (written 18 January 2026)