(one synonym is : Chlenias crambaria)
Brown Pasture Looper
NACOPHORINI, ENNOMINAE,
GEOMETRIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 27 April 2005)
(Photo: courtesy of
Agriculture Western Australia)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 27 April 2005)
(Photo: courtesy of
Agriculture Western Australia)
These Caterpillars are dark brown with a pale line each side along the shoulders. The head is a uniform pale brown colour. The Caterpillars are a pest on pastures, feeding on many herbaceous plants, including :
The adult moths have grey forewings with a pattern of dark lines. The hindwings are a uniform pale fawn colour. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
They occur over most of Australia, including Tasmania.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 67, 364.
Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the
Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis,
University of Tasmania, 2003.
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