Aeolochroma saturataria (Walker, 1866)
(previously known as Hypochroma saturataria)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of John Lenagan, Lockhart, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have wings that each have a complex pattern of black, white, and green. The green fades to brown in museum specimens. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

The species has been found in

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 35, Supplement 5 (1866), p. 1593.


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    (written 28 May 2026)