Monobolodes subfalcata Warren, 1898 EPIPLEMINAE,   URANIIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Whyanbeel, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are brown with a curvy dark band across each wing. The hindmargin of each forewing is concave. Each hindwing costa and margin have a projection. When resting, the moth curls parts of the forewings revealing the irregular outline of its hindwings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

William Warren,
New Species and Genera of Families Drepandulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epiblemidae, and Geometridae from the Old-World Regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 5 (1898), p. 230, No. 20.

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(written 5 April 2019, updated 19 April 2026)