Hypobapta percomptaria
Hypobapta percomptaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Hypobapta |
Species: | H. percomptaria |
Binomial name | |
Hypobapta percomptaria (Guenée, 1857)[1][2] | |
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Hypobapta percomptaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults are grey-brown with wavy lines. Specimens from Tasmania are generally paler than mainland specimens.[3]
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species. Young larvae are brown with a red head and tail. Later instars become green with a conical head.
References
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- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
- ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
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