Dyscheralcis crimnodes (Turner, 1917)
(previously known as Boarmia crimnodes)
BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dyscheralcis crimnodes
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The wings of the adult moth of this species are pale grey, with several broad broken dark submarginal bands on each wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species has been found in Australia in:

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 63.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of the Australian Lepidoptera. VI,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 42 (1917), pp. 360-361, No. 81.


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    (created 8 April 2012)