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Emerald Moth

Metallochlora lineata

Description:

About a 3 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

Found in bathroom in the evening.

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7 Comments

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Thank you Ashish.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Green Geometridae moths called Emerald...

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Wonderful! Thank you so much for your search forestdragon & thank you Argy. I shall call him....Moth ;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Good job forestdragon. There you go Leanne; you can call it what you like. :)

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Hah! Spoke too soon. Was looking in the wrong place! It doesn't seem to have a common name.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

It's definitely an Emerald in the Geometrid Moth family but I can't find an exact match for your moth.
Hopefully someone else will have better luck. Beautiful photo!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Wow. It's an army moth. Very nice.

LeanneGardner
Spotted by
LeanneGardner

Queensland, Australia

Spotted on May 1, 2012
Submitted on May 1, 2012

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