| (formerly known as Tephrosia fractaria) Ringed Bark Moth BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
early instar
(Photo: courtesy of
David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)
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| (formerly known as Tephrosia fractaria) Ringed Bark Moth BOARMIINI, ENNOMINAE, GEOMETRIDAE, GEOMETROIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
early instar
(Photo: courtesy of
David Akers, Won Wron, Victoria)
The young caterpillar of this species is a green looper, with vague dark markings. Later instars develop a wavy yellow line along each side.
Older instars can become covered in wiggly brown lines.
It has been found feeding on
The caterpillar burrows under the soil to pupate. The pupa is initially dark green with a brown abdomen, and has a length of about 1.2 cms.
The adult moth of this species is pale brown, with broken zigzag dark brown lines across the wings. The abdomen has a pair of dark dots one the back of most segments.
The undersides are pale brown with a dark spot in the centre of each wing. Like most geometrids, the moth rests with wings outspread. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs in:
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Uranides et Phalénites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), pp. 270-271, No. 424.
Marilyn Hewish,
Moths of Victoria: Part 7,
Bark Moths and Allies - GEOMETROIDEA (D),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2016, pp. 30-31.
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(updated 16 September 2013, 7 April 2023)