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Cream Wave Moth - Scopula perlata or S. optivata

Family Geometridae

This page contains information about Cream Wave Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Wingspan 20mm
 
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The moths in genus Scopula are pale brown to pale green  in colours with slightly darker wavy markings. 
 
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Species Scopula are very similar to one another. The moths within the same species are also with vary colours. There could be more than one species in this page.
 
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Reference:
1. Scopula perlata (Walker, 1861) - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2011. 
2. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p375.
3. Moths of Victoria Part 3 - Waves & Carpets - GEOMETROIDAE (C) - Peter Marriott, Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011, p7.  

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