Cleora goldfinchi L.B. Prout, 1937
4-spotted Bark Moth
 BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cleora goldfinchi
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown or gey, often with a dark mark near the middle of each wing. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    Further reading :

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    A revision of the decisaria group of Cleora,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 40 (1937), p. 192, No. 3.

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    (updated 19 March 2010, 22 September 2017, 11 July 2020)