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Family
Geometridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Moths and Caterpillars in
subfamily Ennominae that we found in the Brisbane
area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Twig Caterpillar
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- Most Caterpillars in
this subfamily are resemblance to dead twigs or other parts of their food
plants. Although most caterpillars in family
Geometridae have only two pairs of prolegs,
caterpillars in this subfamily may have up to four pair of prolegs.
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- The adult moths are active at night. Most of then are grey or dark brown in
colours.
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- Brown Looper, Sinister Moth
 
 - Male wingspan 50mm
Female wingspan 50mm
Caterpillar 50mm
- Pholodes sinistraria, BOARMIINI
- We found this moth in our backyard. Their caterpillars are are dark green with
white bands between the segments when small. They become brown in later
stages. They feed on different of garden plants and trees in the bush. Click here
for more information.
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- Grey Looper Moth 1
 - Ectropis subtinctaria or Cleora displicata, BOARMIINI, wingspan 40mm
- Picture taken in Karawatha Forest on Nov 2006. This moth was hiding under leaf during the day.
Also found resting outside our
window at night Nov 2007.
- Reference:
- 1. Cleora displicata (Walker, 1860) - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008.
- 2. Flying Colours, Common Caterpillars, Butterflies and Moths of
South-Eastern Australia - Pat & Mike Coupar,1992, p44.
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- Grey Looper Moth 2
 - Cleora illustraria, BOARMIINI, wingspan 50mm
- We found this moth rested on our windows in a late summer day.
- Reference:
- 1. Cleora illustraria (Walker, 1863)
- Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008.
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- Moth hiding on Wattle Bark
  - Scioglyptis sp., BOARMIINI, wingspan 40mm
- Pictures taken in Alexandra Hill during early winter. The moth was hiding on
the bark of a wattle tree. Its camouflaged colours made it hard to be seen.
- Reference:
- 1. Scioglyptis
sp. - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2007.
- 2. Scioglyptis
species - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008.
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- Twig Caterpillar
   - ?sp, 40mm feeding on gum tree leaf.
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caterpillar resting posture looks like a twig. It is pale brown in
colour with black and white mark about halfway along each side.
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- Twig Caterpillar
 - ? sp., length 20mm
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- Small Lopper
 - ? sp., length 10mm
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p359.
- 2. A
Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO
PUBLISHING, 2007, p137.
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