Melitulias graphicata (Walker, 1861)
(previously known as : Tephrina graphicata)
HYDROMENINI ,
LARENTIINAE ,
GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 23 August 2004)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The adult moth of this species has brown forewings
with three crooked pale light
wiggly lines running across each one.
The hindwings are fawn coloured.
It has a wing span of about 2 cms.
This specimen came from the mountainous Kosciusko area of
Australia.
