Polyclysta hypogrammata Guenée, 1857
 (one synonym is Protaulaca scythropa Meyrick, 1891)
LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth has grey-brown wings each with several dark zigzag transverse lines, and several dark patches. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

Polyclysta hypogrammata
drawing by Achille Guenée, listed as Polyclysta hypogrammata,
in Boisduval & Guenée: Uranides et Phalénites,
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), Plate 22, fig. 4,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Achille Guenée,
    Uranides et Phalénites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 10 (1857), p. 376, No. 1502, and also Plate 22, fig. 4.

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    (written 24 September 2018, updated 31 March 2021)