| Southern Bracca (previously known as Panaethia matutinata) BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: by Phil Gilmour, courtesy of
Carol & Trevor Deane,
Bellingen, New South Wales)
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| Southern Bracca (previously known as Panaethia matutinata) BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: by Phil Gilmour, courtesy of
Carol & Trevor Deane,
Bellingen, New South Wales)
This Caterpillar is black with a white line along the back and two along each side. It has a brown head with an orange collar, and orange saddles on the last four segments. The caterpillar is missing the first 3 sets of prolegs, so walks in a looper fashion. The caterpillar has been found feeding on
The adult moth is noteworthy for its size, being rather large for a Geometrid. It has a wingspan of about 6 cms. It is buff coloured, with a pattern of yellow and black dots. Underneath it is dark grey with pale patches, and in particular a pale patch under the tip of each forewing, which distinguishes it from the related species Bracca rotundata.
It occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Geometrites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 24 (1862), pp. 1109-1110.
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(updated 18 January 2005, 5 March 2023)