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Urolitha bipunctifera
found on a garden light in apartment block at night
first spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/792... I think "Bizarre Looper" is a term applied to Anisozyga and Eucyclodes species,the caterpilars of which decorate their backs with detritus for camouflage, so they look bizarre,eg http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... The caterpillar of U. bipunctifera doesnt. (notes from Don Herbison-Evans, Butterfly House)
Spotted on Dec 5, 2013
Submitted on Dec 5, 2013
3 Comments
Must be cm, That moth is not so large. Revising id and notes. No longer Bizarre Looper Moth
Lovely moth, Stephen - especially the touches of purple !
Fabulous. Is the rule in cms or inches?