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Geometrid Looper Moth

Urolitha bipunctifera

Habitat:

On light poles beneath an Ironbark tree. Coastal suburban fringe, rainforest gullies, swamps, salt-water lagoons, remnant coastal woodlands, farmland

Notes:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/792... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115... # bizarre looper 2 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)

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1 Comment

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

ID and notes revised. No longer Bizarre Looper Moth.

StephenSolomons
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StephenSolomons

Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Feb 1, 2014
Submitted on Feb 3, 2014

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