Middletonia hemichroma (Turner, 1947) (formerly known as Cleora hemichroma) DIPTYCHINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Carol & Trevor Deane, Tallowwood Ridge, New South Wales)

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with complex markings. The hindwings are yellow, with brown patches. The wing margins have chequered cila. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New Australian species of Boarmiadae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 58 (1947), p. 89, No. 43.

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(written 6 March 2026)