Lophosticha idiograpta (Turner, 1947)
 (formerly known as Smyriodes idiograpta)
DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Lophosticha idiograpta
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Lake Ross, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have speckled grey forewings, each with a variety of incoherent dark markings, and chequered fringes. The hindwings are off-white, each with dark marks including a dark band along the wavy margin. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 58 (1947), p. 109, No. 95.

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    (written 10 March 2022)