Eumelea rosalia (Stoll, 1781)
(one synonym: Eumelea sanguinata)
 OENOCHROMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

(updated 27 December 2008)

Eumelea rosalia
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

These caterpillars have been found feeding on :

  • Mallotus ( EUPHORBIACEAE ) and
  • Clinostigma ( ARECACEAE ).

    Eumelea rosalia
    mating pair
    (Photo: courtesy of the Neil Hewett, Cooper Creek Wilderness, North Queensland )

    The moths of this species are speckled orange, sometimes with a greenish or purplish tinge. They have two indistinct darker oblique bands across each wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

    The species occurs in the oriental tropics, including :

  • India,
  • Indonesia,
  • Malaysia,
  • New Guinea,
    as well as
  • Queensland, Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 10.13, p. 370.

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