About Niceteria macrocosma (Lower, 1899)
Niceteria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae, which was erected by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1929. This genus contains only one species, Niceteria macrocosma, commonly known as the showy geometrid. This species is distributed in Australia, and was first formally described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. The wingspan of adult Niceteria macrocosma measures around 40 mm. The larvae of this species feed on plant species belonging to the family Myrtaceae, and this includes Angophora costata.
