Dichromodes aesia Turner, 1930 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown forewings each with three broad wiggly dark brown transverse bands, and a grey streak along the costa. The hindwings are plain fawn, fading to off-white at the bases.

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

The moths normally rest flat, with the forewings covering the hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Th species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further Reading

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Oenochromidae (Lepidoptera) II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 55 (1930), p. 8, No. 78.

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(written 1 September 2021)