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Green and Brown Carpet (♂)

Chloroclystis catastreptes

Description:

A really pretty little geometrid moth about 14mm wingspan. Complex wave patterns in green, orange, black, and a very fine black line around the outer wing margins.

Habitat:

Resting in shade on a stone wall at the local school.

Notes:

A really handsome little carpet. The male has that very fine black line around the outer wing margins.
How bad is this? http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/sp...
family: GEOMETRIDAE
subfamily: Larentiinae
tribe: Eupitheciini
genus: Chloroclystis

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 22, 2014
Submitted on Jan 22, 2014

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