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- This page contains pictures and information about Moths and Caterpillars in
subfamily Geometrinae that we found in the Brisbane
area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Caterpillar of Hypodoxa sp., a typical Geometrinae
looper.
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- The mature caterpillars in this subfamily only have one pair of ventral
prolegs. They can move only in the looper fashion.
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- Adults fly weakly at night. Some are green in colour hence the common
name Emeralds.
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- Bizarre Lopper Moth I
  - Anisozyga metaspila, caterpillar
length 20mm, adult male, wing span 30mm
- We found this caterpillar on early summer. This caterpillar camouflages as part of the stem. We only know it was a
looper caterpillar when it start to walk away. The caterpillar is brown
in colour. It body surface is covered with small hard round bumps. The adult
moth is basically green, with lacy white spots on the wings. More pictures and
information please find in this page.
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- Bizarre Lopper Moth II
  - Anisozyga pieroides, caterpillar
length 20mm, adult male, wing span 30mm
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small caterpillar was found on a Acacia leaf. The picture show a female
Bizarre Lopper Moth. It is green in
colour with brown wing edges. The male moth is green and
white in colour, look quit different. More pictures and information please
click on here.
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- Common
Brown Looper Moth
 - Hypodoxa muscosaria, wingspan 40mm
- The about pictures taken in mid-winter, the moth rest on our window glass
in a cool night. The Bottom view is quite different from the top view. There are the dark
patterns along the wings edges. Their caterpillar is green in colour resemble
plants stem. Most information and pictures in this page.
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- White Looper Moth
 - Pingasa chlora, wingspan
50mm
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moths have camouflaged wing patterns. When they rest on tree bark, they
are hardly been seen. These patterns are wavy lines extend across both fore and
hind wings. More information and pictures please click on here.
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- Redlined Looper Moth
 - Crypsiphona ocultaria, wingspan 40mm
- Pictures taken on Nov 2007 in Karawatha Forest. The bottom size of the moth
is more interesting. There are the red and black patterns. More infromation
and pictures can be found here.
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p371.
- 2. A
Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO
PUBLISHING, 2007, p137.
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