Taxeotis lygrophanes (Turner, 1943)
(formerly known as Dichromodes lygrophanes)
 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

The adult moths of this species are grey with brown and white lines and spots on the forewings. The hindwings are plain grey. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species is found in

  • Queensland.

    Further Reading

    Olga Schmidt,
    An annotated and illustrated list of the primary type specimens of geometrid moths deposited in the Queensland Museum (Australia, Brisbane),
    Spixiana,
    Volume 5, Part 1 (2012), p. 99.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection. No. 2,
    Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 12, Part 2 (1943), p. 108.

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    (written 20 June 2015)