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Bracken Moth

Idiodes apicata

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A peach coloured moth with a wing span about 35 mm. Each fore wing appeared to have a small dark patch, about halfway near the costal margin. The apex of fore wings were slightly hooked. Hind wings were slightly paler and had diffuse wavy lines. A thin pale yellow line ran through all four wings.
Thorax was clothed with dense hairs. Antennae were held under the wings.

Habitat:

Spotted in an area with mixed native trees.

Notes:

My thanks to Peter Marriott for the ID.

The caterpillar of these moths lives on Bracken (Pteridium esculentum)

family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
http://www.morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Id…

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