Hemithea obscurata Warren, 1896
 (formerly known as Episothalma obscurata)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Hemithea obscurata
(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Lockhart River, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have greenish-grey wings, each crossed by two dark zig-zag lines. The forewing wing-tips are recurved. The hindwings are kite-shaped with scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

Hemithea obscurata
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

Specimens of this species have been found in

  • Borneo,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae from Papuan region, collected by Mr. Albert S. Meek,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3 (1896), p. 289, No. 40.

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    (written 8 June 2026)