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Looper Moth
Taxeotis perlinearia
-37.8931, 145.313
Field Notes
Description:
This pale moth had a wing span of 25 mm. It rested with its wings flat on either side showing tan and pale wavy lines running right across from the middle of one recurved fore-wing apex to the other. The area posterior to these wavy lines was slightly darker. Minute dark spots were seen along the trailing margins of all four wings. About 4 minute spots were also seen just posterior to the wavy lines running inward from the apices.
Thread-like antennae.
Habitat:
Spotted under bright night lights near a national park.
Notes:
Both males and females show thread-like antennae in this species.
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Oenochrominae
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