(previously known as : Asthena anthodes)
ASTHENINI , LARENTIINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 2 December 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 2 December 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil)
The adult moth of this species is brown with a speckled pattern of darker brown.
The species is found in eastern Australia, including:
Further reading:
Peter B. McQuillan,
An overview of the Tasmanian geometrid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its conservation status,
Journal of Insect Conservation,
Volume 8, Numbers 2-3, June 2004, pp. 209-220.
Dayong Xue and Malcolm J. Scoble,
A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae),
Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Entomology Series,
Volume 71, 2002, pp. 77-133.
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