(one synonym is: Chogada anestiaria Swinhoe, 1915)
BOARMIINI , ENNOMINAE , GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The eggs of this species are green, and laid in an irregular array near the tip of the leaf of a foodplant.
The Caterpillar is a uniformly brown looper, with a smooth but wrinkled skin, and it has only two set of prolegs. Ours was found feeding on :
near Redfern Station in Sydney, and grew to about 4 cms.
It pupated in the soil.
The adult moth emerged in only nine days, and was brownish-grey with wavy lines, and had a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 145.
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(updated 8 November 2010)