Crypsiphila atmophanes Turner, 1947 DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species are greyish-brown. Each forewing has two serrated dark lines. The hindwings are greyish-brown, each with one serrated dark line. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in:

Western Australia.

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Further Reading

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), pp. 110-111, No. 98.

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(written 7 April 2022)