| Oval Bark Moth or Large Twig Looper (formerly known as Tephrosia despicata) BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7)
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| Oval Bark Moth or Large Twig Looper (formerly known as Tephrosia despicata) BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7)
The Caterpillar of this species is a brown looper, with a dark spot at the middle of each side. The caterpillar is an agricultural pest on
The adult moth is pale brown, with broken zigzag and curved dark brown lines across the wings. The hindwings often have a small dark broken circle near the middle, like that in Ectropis fractaria. There are pairs of dark dots on the backs of some abdominal segments. The wing margins are serrated. Like most geometrids, the moth rests with wings outspread. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species occurs in:
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 30-31.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 21 (1860), p. 418, No. 48.
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(written 21 January 2017, updated 1 January 2025)