Crypsiphona occultaria
| Crypsiphona occultaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Crypsiphona |
| Species: | C. occultaria |
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| Crypsiphona occultaria (Donovan, 1805)[1] | |
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Crypsiphona occultaria, the red-lined looper moth or red-lined geometer, is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Australia.
Underside of the wings, showing the red lines
It is one of the most common moths found in Australia. The "red-lined" part of the name refers to the red markings seen on the undersides of the wings. As larvae they are green and feed on eucalypt leaves. When threatened the grub stands still, pretending to be a stick (Zborowski & Edwards, 2007).
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- ↑ 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
- Zborowski, P., & Edwards, T. (2007). A guide to Australian moths: CSIRO.
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