Dichromodes longidens L.B. Prout, 1910
Toothed Heath Moth
 (one synonym : Dichromodes phaeostropha Turner, 1926)
OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dichromodes longidens
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Perth, Western Australia)

The Caterpillars of this species are green with two yellow stripes along the body. The caterpillars have been found feeding on

  • Bracelet Honey Myrtle ( Melaleuca armillaris, MYRTACEAE ).

    The adult moths have forewings that are greyish brown each with complex black and brown markings. The hindwings are plainer grey-brown with a few dark markings. The moths normally rest with the forewings covering the hindwings. The females have thread-like antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

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

    The species has been found in

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • Western Australia.

    Further Reading

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), pp. 132-133.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Part 4,
    Emeralds and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012, pp. 22-23.

    Louis Beethoven Prout,
    Geometridae, subfamily Oenochrominae,
    Genera Insectorum,
    Fascicules 104 (1910), p. 24, No. 10a (2).

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    (updated 2 May 2014)