Dinophalus lechriomita Turner, 1930 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE GEOMETROIDEA,

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

(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Hugh River Reserve, Northern Territory)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings each with two black curved lines. The hindwings are pale grey with a broad vague submarginal band. 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 occurs in

Western Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Hugh River Reserve, Northern Territory)

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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 29 October 2021, updated 1 November 2021)