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Geometrid Moth

Dichromodes sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

The colours in the image are accurate

Habitat:

on grasses asleep at night in a woodland

Notes:

File#Dark and gold leaf moth. research in progress. May also be Epidesmia and either of those stand at about 20% certainty. Both are (OENOCHROMINAE) in GEOMETRIDAE

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
StephenSolomons
I wonder if this is a dark variation of an Epidesmia sp. from OENOCHROMINAE among the Geometrids. It was a nocturnal catch and some of them seem to become dark

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PublishedMay 6, 2013

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