Sauris lichenias (Meyrick, 1891)
(previously : Remodes lichenias)
TRICHOPTERYGINI ,   LARENTIINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

(updated 27 December 2008)

Sauris lichenias
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has wings with a complex pattern of shades of white, grey, black and green, resembling lichen. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species is found in :

  • Queensland and
  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 377.

    J. S. Dugdale,
    Australian Trichopterygini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) With Descriptions of Eight New Taxa, Australian Journal of Zoology, Volume 28, Number 2 (1978), pp. 301-340.


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