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Reddish Wave - male
Scopula rubraria
-37.8038, 145.243
Field Notes
Description:
A brown geometrid moth with a wing span of about 15mm. Patterns on wings were wavy and dark brown. Each fore wing had a dark spot near the costal margin.
Hind wings had a reddish tinge which is clearly evident when the moth is flying. Gives it the name "rubraria"
Antennae -feathery
Habitat:
Caterpillars eat a variety of herbaceous plants including the buckhorn
plantain (Plantago lanceolata) which is in abundance in lawns and grasslands.
Notes:
below is a spotting of a paler version of this species, also a male
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18576180
This moth obligingly climbed on to a white sheet of paper, despite missing part of a leg.
Reference Links:
Scopula rubraria
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 8, 2013
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