Dichromodes mesozona L.B. Prout, 1910
Banded Heath Moth
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
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Dichromodes mesozona
(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Great Western, Victoria)

The adults of this species are white or pale brown with variabke, sometimes striking, grey, brown and black markings on each forewing, including a simply arced ante-medial line, and an undulating post-medial line. The hindwings are plainer, with some markings at each tornus. The females have thread-like antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Dichromodes mesozona
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

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


    Further Reading

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)
    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 22-23.

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
    Genera Insectorum,
    Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 27, No. 45 (4).


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    (updated 20 June 2013, 24 September 2023)