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Epicyme rubropunctaria
A beautiful salmon colored geometrid moth with two grey patches on each fore-wing. Both wings had delicate grey wavy patterns. wing span about 25mm.
Spotted near eucalyptus trees. Distribution in Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Now, who'd burn holes in the wings with a cigarette butt ?! - a dramatically beautiful geometrid from subfamily Larentiinae Other photos of this species: http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/298...
Spotted on Feb 24, 2013
Submitted on Feb 25, 2013
3 Comments
I thought cigarette burns as well. Beautiful
Oh wow, it DOES look like it's been burned with a cigarette butt!
Who would do such a thing!!? Amazing geometrid.