Dichromodes uniformis

Dichromodes uniformis Bastelberger, 1907
Mountain Heath Moth
(one synonym : Dichromodes laetabilis Turner, 1930)
OENOCHROMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA

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

Dichromodes uniformis
(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

New South Wales, and

Victoria.

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.