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Apple looper (♀)

Phrissogonus laticostata

Description:

About 20mm wingspan. A damaged and tired specimen.

Habitat:

Under strong artificial lighting in suburban school yard.

Notes:

Thanks J for the clue. A tired specimen with much scale and pattern loss.
Thanks Donald Hobern for correction on ID.
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Larentiinae
tribe: Eupitheciini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh...

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1 Comment

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Lovely! This is a Larentiinae, I can't seem to locate it here, though:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au...

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 30, 2013
Submitted on Jan 31, 2013

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