Dinophalus macrophyes (L.B. Prout, 1910)
 (previously known as Ophiographa macrophyes)
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE
GEOMETROIDEA,  
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dinophalus macrophyes
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, West Mount Barren, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have forewings each with a pattern of shades of grey, and with several white-edged black jagged lines across each wing. Each hindwing has a faint version of the forewing patterns. The wings have scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species occurs in

  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
    Genera Insectorum,
    Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 48, No. 2 (1).

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    (written 12 May 2021)