Oenochroma lissoscia Turner, 1922 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have brown wings. The forewings each have a broad pale margin partly outlined in white. The hindwings each have an outlined dark band near the base. In its natural posture, the hindwing bands connect to similar markings on the hind margins of the forewings. The wingspan is abut 4.5 cms.

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

The species is found in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Australian Lepidoptera of the group Geometrites,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 46 (1922), p. 292.

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(updated 19 June 2011)