Dinophalus hiracopis (Meyrick, 1890)
 (one synonym is Lissomma macrodonta Turner, 1930)
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dinophalus hiracopis
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Point Lowly, South Australia)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings with dark veins. The hindwings are white with dark edges. The margins of the wings are scalloped. The head and body are grey, except the first two abdominal segments which are yellowish. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species occurs in

  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera III,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1211-1212, No. 80.

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    (written 31 January 2022)