| (previously known as Boarmia exsuperata) Thick-lined Bark Moth BOARMIINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE , GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Cathy Young & Stella Crossley | ||
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
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| (previously known as Boarmia exsuperata) Thick-lined Bark Moth BOARMIINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE , GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@outlook.com) and Cathy Young & Stella Crossley | ||
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)
The early instars of this Caterpillar are off-white with some small dark dots, and a pale brown head.
Later instars are green with some black spots, and have a reddish-brown head.
The last instar is green but nearly covered in black dots.
The adult moths are grey or brown with a complex pattern of light and dark markings, including two incomplete black lines across each hindwing, one across each forewing, and one across the thorax. The wingspan is about 3 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 18-19, 22-23.
Francis Walker,
Geometrites (continued),
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 21 (1860), p. 393, No. 124.
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(updated 24 July 2013)