Dithalama cosmospila Meyrick, 1888,
STERRHINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

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

(updated 8 November 2010)

Dithalama cosmospila
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

The adult moths of this species are pale brown, with a dark broad incomplete submarginal band of rusty spots on each wing. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 145.


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