Hypodoxa emiliaria

Hypodoxa emiliaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hypodoxa
Species: H. emiliaria
Binomial name
Hypodoxa emiliaria
(Guenée, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma emiliaria Guenée, [1858]
  • Hypochroma assidens Lucas, 1901
  • Hypochroma aurantiacea Lucas, 1891
  • Hypochroma subornata Warren, 1896
  • Pingasa talagi Swinhoe, 1917
  • Hypochroma basinigra Warren, 1902
  • Hypodoxa fulgurea Prout, 1913
  • Hypochroma purpurifera Warren, 1899
  • Hypochroma purpurissata Lucas, 1901
  • Hypodoxa subleprosa Prout, 1917

Hypodoxa emiliaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Australia, New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are variable in colour, but are usually grey with patterned bands of darker grey across the wings. The undersides are bright yellow with broad brown margins, white patches, and a dark spot near the center of the wing.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus species. They are thin green loopers.[3]

Subspecies

References

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  1. 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
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Australian Insects


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