(previously known as : Onychodes heliochrysa)
NACOPHORINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Cathy Young
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 29 April 2005)
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Cathy Young
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 29 April 2005)
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
These Caterpillars have a humped back. They are brown with black spiracles, yellow spots and sparse hairs. The caterpillars feed on the foliage of :
The adult moths are brown, with a dark spot near the middle of each forewing. They repose with the wings held across the back like a tent.
The eggs are laid in an irregular array. They are oval, and coloured dull red, and covered in tiny pimples.
The species is found in the mountains of Tasmania and Victoria.
Further reading :
Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis,
University of Tasmania, 2003.
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