Cleora perlepidaria (Warren, 1900) (previously known as Chogada perlepidaria) BOARMIINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Jill Campbell, Sunshine Beach, Queensland)

The Caterpillar of this species has blotchy brown markings. It walks in a looper fashion as it only has 2 pairs of prolegs.

(Photo: courtesy of Jill Campbell, Sunshine Beach, Queensland)

When worried: the caterpillar curls up, tucking its head under its abdomen. The caterpillars grows to a length of avbout 3 cms. It pupates in the ground debris, forming a black pupa.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is grey with brown markings. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Jill Campbell, Beerwah, Queensland)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Jill Campbell, Sunshine Beach, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 62.

William Warren,
New genera and species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epilemidae and geometridae from the Indo-Australian and Palaearctic regions,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 7 (1900), pp. 112-113, No. 38.

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(updated 15 February 2010, 20 September 2020)