Dithalama punctilinea (Swinhoe, 1902)
Western Wave
(formerly known as Sterrha punctilinea)
STERRHINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dithalama cosmospila
(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, East Pilbara, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species are pale grey, with arcs of dark spots on each wing, and a narrow black line along the margins The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • Western Australia, and
  • Northern Territory.


    Further reading :

    Charles Swinhoe,
    New species of eastern and Australian Heterocera,
    The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 7, Volume 9 (1902), p. 167.


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    (updated 8 November 2010, 31 May 2018, 3 December 2020)