Hypobapta percomptaria

Hypobapta percomptaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hypobapta
Species: H. percomptaria
Binomial name
Hypobapta percomptaria
(Guenée, 1857)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma percomptaria Guenée, 1857

Hypobapta percomptaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adults are grey-brown with wavy lines. Specimens from Tasmania are generally paler than mainland specimens.[3]

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species. Young larvae are brown with a red head and tail. Later instars become green with a conical head.

References

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  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  3. lepidoptera.butterflyhouse


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