Dichromodes ornata (Walker, 1862) (formerly known as Panagra ornata) OENOCHROMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Genoa Falls, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings with dark bands and some dark spots. The hindwings are plain grey-brown with a vestigial pattern. The moths normally rest with the forewings covering the hindwings. The females have threadlike antennae. The males have antennae with a feather-like fringe on one side. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

Th species has been found in

Victoria.

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Further Reading:

Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 23 (1861), p. 1004, No. 41.

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(written 1 May 2014, updated 6 September 2020)