Dichromodes fulvida Lower, 1915
Fulvida Heath Moth
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Dichromodes fulvida
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The adult moths of this species have forewings with broken bands of black, white, brown and orange. The hindwings are plain grey-brown with a vestigial pattern. The moths normally rest with the forewings covering the hindwings. The females have threadlike antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Dichromodes fulvida
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

Th species has been found in

  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further Reading:

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 40 (1915), pp. 475-476.

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 132.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 24-25.

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    (written 1 May 2014, updated 6 September 2020)