Dinophalus idiocrana Turner, 1930 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE GEOMETROIDEA,

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Tibooburra, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings each crossed by black curvey line, and with sinuous shadowed dark submarginal lines. The hindwings are pale grey, also with dark shadowed sinuous submarginal lines. The wings have scalloped margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found inland, in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Oenochromidae (Lepidoptera) II,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 55 (1930), pp. 29-30.

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(written 23 May 2026)