Dichromodes angasi (R. Felder & Rogenhofer,1875) Angas' Heath Moth (previously Known as Liodes angasi) OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 4)

The adult moths of this species are speckled brown, with a broad pale jagged border to each forewing. The hindwings are plain brown. The undersides are plain brown with a dark band along each margin. The males have antennae that have a comb-like fringe on one side. The females have thread-like antennae. The wingspan of both sexes is about 2 cms.

female, lithograph by Felder & Rogenhofer, listed as Liodes angasi,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), Plate CXXXI, fig. 13,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species occurs in the inland dryer regions of

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologischer Theil: Lepidoptera,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 13, and also Plate 131, fig. 13.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 24-25.

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(written 28 April 2014, updated 6 September 2020)