Anachloris subochraria explained

Anachloris subochraria (also known as Australian yellow or willowherb yellow) is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand and the southern half of Australia including Tasmania and from Queensland across to Western Australia. This moth is day flying and can be found in New Zealand on the wing between November and April.^[1]

A. subochraria was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843.^{[2] [3]}

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Hibbertia species.^[4] In New Zealand the larvae have been observed feeding on the naturalised weed, ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris).^[5]

External links

• Citizen Science observations of species
• Images of caterpillar lifestage

Notes and References

1. Book: Crowe, Andrew. Which New Zealand insect? : with over 650 life-size photos of New Zealand insects. 2002. Penguin. 0-14-100636-6. Auckland, N.Z.. 20. 52477325.
2. Book: Dieffenbach, Ernst. Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. J. Murray. 1843. London. 285. en. 10.5962/bhl.title.25939. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Dugdale. J. S.. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand. 1988. 14. 170. 2 February 2017. 0111-5383. 27 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190127012006/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49008/FNZ14Dugdale1988150.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: Anachloris subochraria. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley. uts.edu.au. 25 February 2004. 30 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110412134720/http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/suboch.html. 12 April 2011. dead.
5. Web site: Plant SyNZ database. Nicholas Martin. Crop & Food Research and Landcare Research. 1996–2009. 13 January 2013.