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Red-spotted delicate

Epicyme rubropunctaria

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful salmon colored geometrid moth with two grey patches on each fore-wing. Both wings had delicate grey wavy patterns. wing span about 25mm.

Habitat:

Spotted near eucalyptus trees.

Distribution in Australia
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a9…

Notes:

Now, who'd burn holes in the wings with a cigarette butt ?! - a dramatically beautiful geometrid from subfamily Larentiinae

Other photos of this species:
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/rubropunctaria.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/2989514677/

Reference Links:

http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Epicyme%20rubr…

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Comments (3)
ShannaB
Oh wow, it DOES look like it's been burned with a cigarette butt!
Mark Ridgway
Who would do such a thing!!? Amazing geometrid.

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