Dichromodes mesoporphyra Turner, 1939 OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Simon Ong, Jibberding, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have yellow forewings each crossed by a wide serrated brown band with a purple sheen and black and white edges. The hindwings are plain brown. The males have a wingspan of about 2 cms. The females have a wingspan of about 3 cms. However the wing patterns are very similar.

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

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 50 (1939), p. 139.

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(written 2 January 2024)