Mimosa Pearl (Leuciris fimbriaria (Stoll, 1781))
Scientific name: Leuciris fimbriaria (Stoll, 1781)
Common name: Mimosa Pearl
French name:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Heterocera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Wingspan: About 30 mm.
Biotope: Secondary forests, open woodlands.
Geographic area: Central America, South America, from Mexico to Peru. Introduced to Australia.
Flight time:
Number of generations :
Caterpillar: Green with a white stripe on each side.
Host plant: Mimosa pigra. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves and can be used to control the proliferation of this invasive plant.
Leuciris fimbriaria has white wings bordered with yellow on the costal edge and marginal edge of the fore wings and on the marginal edge of the hind wings.
The marginal edges are also ornated with a line of small silvery hyphen-shaped marks.
The wings sometimes show small yellow diffuse spots which draw hardly visible cross lines.

Mimosa Pearl (Leuciris fimbriaria) - French Guiana, France - March 15th 2012
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Mimosa Pearl (Leuciris fimbriaria)
I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session.

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