Comibaena connata (Warren, 1898) (previously known as Probolosceles connata) GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

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

The Caterpillars of this species are unusual in having pairs of flat flanges along the back.

The adult moth is green, with a pale brown patch at the tip of each hindwing and at the tornus of each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

This species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

William Warren,
New species and genera of the families Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World Regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 5 (1898), p. 15, No. 26.

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(updated 22 January 2010)