page_title: Asaphodes citroena
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Asaphodes citroena / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Male holotype specimen of Asaphodes citroena AMNZ21821 held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
context_page_description: Asaphodes citroena is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
context_section_description: Clarke described the species as follows:
  ♂ 32–36 mm. ♀ 28–30 mm. Forewings moderate, with rounded hind margin; suffused with deep orange; two or three whitish arched fasciae near base, one or two median fasciae, more or less interrupted in middle in some specimens, attenuated in others, partly bordered with brownish which has tendencies to form several indistinct transverse wavy lines; beyond middle a whitish fascia, waved and angulated at about middle; a wavy subterminal line. Cilia light orange slightly barred with brownish. Hindwings deep orange with lighter suffusion alternating with brownish.
caption: Holotype specimen of Asaphodes citroena
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