Capasa recensata (L.B. Prout, 1925) (previously known as: Hypochrosis recensata) HYPOCHROSINI,   ENNOMINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii)

This Caterpillar has alternating black and white bands along its body, except for a red band by the thorax, and some yellow ones at the end of the abdomen. It grows to a length of about 5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of the Bishop Museum, Hawaii)

The adult moth is brown with a yellow diagonal stripe across each wing outlined in black. The moth has a wingspan of about 5 cms.

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Graham J. McDonald,
Moths of Tropical North Queensland,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 75 (December 2014), pp. 7-12, Figure 2.

Louis Beethoven Prout,
New Geometridae,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 32 (1925), p. 50, No. 45

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