Chloroclystis gonias Turner, 1904
 LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


caterpillar just after a moult, with cast skin
(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Dorrigo, New South Wales)

The Caterpillars of this species are green. They have been found feeding on

  • Wilgar, Breynia oblongifolia, (PHYLANTHACEAE)


    caterpillar hiding between two leaves
    (Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Dorrigo, New South Wales)

    The caterpillars live in a shelter between two leaves of the foodplant joined by silk.


    pupa
    (Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Dorrigo, New South Wales)

    The pupa is brown with green areas where the wings are developing.


    (Photo: courtesy of Nicholas Fisher, Tamborine Mountain, Queensland)

    The adults moths have brown wings, each with short dark streaks and crossed by dark incomplete zigzag lines outlined in off-white. The hindwings are similar but have white patches. The wingspan is about 2 cms.


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

    The species has been found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading:

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Family Geometridae,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
    Volume 16 (1904), p. 234, No. 20.

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    (written 21 December 2019, updated 2 May 2026)