Conosara castanea Meyrick, 1892
(erroneously known as : Conosara castaneata)
NACOPHORINI , ENNOMINAEGEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Catherine J. Young & Stella Crossley

(updated 14 March 2005)


(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are grey-brown with an indistinct pattern, hindwings that are pale grey, and a thorax that is rusty brown.


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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