Dichromodes ainaria
A geometer or looper moth at Namadgi National Park
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| Dichromodes ainaria | donhe | 31 Jan 2024 | |
| Dichromodes ainaria | Kallies | 31 Jan 2024 | |
| Dichromodes disputata | ibaird | 7 Nov 2017 | |
| Dichromodes disputata | GlennCocking | 7 Nov 2017 | |
| Dichromodes diffusara | ibaird | 2 Nov 2017 | |
| Unverified | JohnBundock | 2 Nov 2017 |
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3 comments
3 Nov 2017
Referring to Moths of Victoria, Part 4 this looks like Dichromodes diffusaria, p.22, Disbursed Heath Moth, (Vic, NSW, Qld) see also Lepidoptera Butterfly House http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/chro/diffusaria.html , see also BOLD systems, 2 records (SA, NSW)
7 Nov 2017
This looks like another specimen of the variable Dichromodes disputata. D. diffusa has more clean-cut transverse lines (more so than the MoV illustration suggest, when you see a group of them together)
14 Oct 2019
Looking at this again after the recent 4237155 D. diffusaria, I reckon I got this one wrong. It is also D. diffusaria as originally suggested.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.988150-35.799047
- Altitude 1463.3m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2017 12:15 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dichromodes ainaria Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dichromodes ainaria Scientific name
- A geometer or looper moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1463.3m Recorded at altitude
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