Crypsiphila atmophanes Turner, 1947
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Crypsiphila atmophanes
(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.


    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)