Oenochroma decolorata Warren, 1896
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Oenochroma decolorata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have pale brown wings, each with two dark lines across them.

Oenochroma decolorata
female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Nerren Nerren, Western Australia)

The males and females are very similar, except the females have thread-like antennae, and the males have feathery antennae.

Oenochroma decolorata
male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Nerren Nerren, Western Australia)

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia, and
  • Queensland.

    Oenochroma decolorata
    underside, female
    (Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Nerren Nerren, Western Australia)


    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum,
    Novitates Zoologicae,
    Volume 3 (1896), p. 354, No. 46.


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    (updated 19 June 2011, 1 September 2022)