Apheloceros dasciodes Turner, 1947
 BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species are brown, with a broad jagged-edged dark band across each forewing, and a broad dark band around the margin of each hindwing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Aphelocerus dasciodes
underside
(Photo: courtesy of Olga Schmidt, Queensland Museum)

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 58 (1947), p. 74, No. 8.

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    (written 4 April 2022)