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Geometrid Moth from Australia

Posted by March 3rd, 2009 at 3:07 am

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Geometrid moth from Australia
Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Hi Daniel,
I thought you might be interested in the photo I took this week of a moth that had flattened itself so well against a tree trunk, that at first I thought it was a strange pattern on the bark. I have identified it as Cypsiphona ocultaria. I wish I could have seen its underside, which apparently white, marked with black and crimson. See:
http://www-staff.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/geom/ocult.html
http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_1187.htm
Grev
East Coast Australia

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Hi Grev,
Thanks for sending your lovely Spanworm Moth or Inchworm Moth from the family Geometridae.  We were unable to get the csiro link to work.

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  1. aussietrev wrote:

    Hi guys
    The CSIRO website was down for a couple of days, Grev’s link should be working now.
    regards,
    Trevor

    Posted 05 Mar 2009 at 6:59 am

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