Some photos of moths of DIPTYCHINI in Australia
ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE ,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

The moths in the tribe DIPTYCHINI have nearly featureless hindwings, and, unlike moths in other tribes of GEOMETRIDAE, rest with their wings closed like a tent.

DIPTYCHINI

eggs
  
DIPTYCHINI

caterpillars
  
DIPTYCHINI

pupae
  
DIPTYCHINI

undersides
  
DIPTYCHINI

forewings


Amelora acontistica


Amelora acromegala


Amelora anepiscepta


Amelora arotraea


Amelora belemnophora


Amelora camptodes


Amelora catacris


Amelora ceraunia


Amelora conia


Amelora cryphia


Amelora demistis


Amelora goniota


Amelora idiomorpha


Amelora leucaniata


Amelora mesocapna


Amelora nebulosa


Amelora oenobreches


Amelora oncerodes


Amelora oritropha


Amelora petrochroa


Amelora polychroa


Amelora sparsularia


Amelora synclera


Amelora syscia


Amelora zophopasta


Amphiclasta lygaea


Amphicrossa hemadelpha


Androchela milvaria


Androchela newmannaria


Aphantes melanochorda


Aporoctena aprepes


Aporoctena scierodes


Archephanes zalosema


Authaemon poliophara


Authaemon purpurea


Authaemon stenonipha


Bradyctena trychnoptila


Capusa chionopleura


Capusa cuculloides


Capusa graodes


Capusa leptoneura


Capusa senilis


Capusa stenophara


Cassythaphaga macarta


Chlenias auctaria


Chlenias banksiaria


Chlenias belophora


Chlenias nodosus


Chlenias ochrocrana


Chlenias seminigra


Chlenias stenosticha


Chlenias zonaea


Chlenomorpha lygdina


Chlenomorpha sciogramma


Ciampa arietaria


Ciampa chordota


Ciampa heteromorpha


Conosara castanea


Corula geometroides


Cryphaea xylina


Crypsiphila atmophanes


Cycloprorodes melanoxysta


Dolabrossa amblopa


Drymoptila temenitis


Dysbatus singularis


Dysbatus stenodesma


Epicompsa xanthocrossa


Fisera belidearia


Fisera bradymorpha


Fisera dictyodes


Fisera eribola


Fisera halurga


Fisera hypoleuca


Fisera perplexata


Fisera phricotypa


Fisera species


Furcatrox australis


Furcatrox furneauxi


Furcatrox paracus


Furcatrox pervaga


Furcatrox procera


Furcatrox serrula


Gastrina cristaria


Gastrinopa xylistis


Lackrana carbo


Larophylla amimeta


Liometopa rectilinea


Lophosigna catasticta


Lophosticha idiograpta


Lophosticha psorallodes


Lophothalaina habrocosma


Loweria callisarca


Loweria capnosticta


Loweria philocosma


Loweria platydesma


Loweria stenoscia


Loweria species


Lychnographa agaura


Lychnographa heroica


Lyelliana dryophila


Lyelliana phaeochlora


Melanodes anthracitaria


Mictodoca toxeuta


Middletonia suavis


Mnesampela arida


Mnesampela athertonensis


Mnesampela comarcha


Mnesampela heliochrysa


Mnesampela kunama


Mnesampela lenaea


Mnesampela privata


Mochlotona phasmatias


Neoteristis paraphanes


Niceteria macrocosma


Nisista galearia


Nisista notodontaria


Nisista serrata


Nisista species


Nycterephes anthracica


Palleopa innotata


Paralaea atralba


Paralaea beggaria


Paralaea chionopasta


Paralaea jarrah


Paralaea karri


Paralaea maranoa


Paralaea ochrosoma


Paralaea polysticha


Paralaea porphyrinaria


Paralaea sarcodes


Paralaea taggorum


Paralaea tasmanica


Paralaea toowoomba


Plesanemma altafucata


Plesanemma fucata


Plesiolaea maritima


Rhynchopsota delogramma


Rhynchopsota rhyncophora


Smyriodes aplectaria


Smyriodes aspera


Smyriodes trigramma


Stibaroma aphronesa


Stibaroma melanotoxa


Thalaina angulosa


Thalaina clara


Thalaina inscripta


Thalaina kimba


Thalaina macfarlandi


Thalaina paronycha


Thalaina selenaea

striped form

Thalaina selenaea

white form

Thalaina tetraclada


Xylodryas leptoxantha

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(written 19 November 2015, updated 30 August 2024)