Dirce solaris (Meyrick, 1890)
(previously known as Oenone solaris)
ARCHIEARINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths have forewings that are dark brown with a white speckled pattern of bands and lines. The hindwings are black, each with a large yellow disc in the middle. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs in Australia only in

  • Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), p. 1195, No. 63.


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    (written 18 June 2021)