![]() | Mountain Heath Moth (one synonym : Dichromodes laetabilis Turner, 1930) OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4)
The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with vague darker bands. The hindwings are yellow with brown margins. The forewing undersides are yellow with a brown margin. The hindwing undersides are yellow with vague brown bands. The females have thread-like antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in the mountains of
Further Reading:
Max Bastelberger,
Neue exotische Geometriden,
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift,
Volume 52 (1907) p. 60.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 22-23.
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(written 3 May 2014, updated 26 January 2016)