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Geometrid Looper Moth

Urolitha bipunctifera

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Field Notes

Notes:

I think "Bizarre Looper" is a term applied to Anisozyga and Eucyclodes species,the caterpilars of which decorate their backs with detritus for camouflage, so they look bizarre,eg
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/pieroid.html
The caterpillar of U. bipunctifera doesnt.
(notes from Don Herbison-Evans, Butterfly House)

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Urolitha bipunctifera

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
StephenSolomons
I cannot see where the name Bizarre Looper came into my head, Might have been Chew Bros I guess. ID and notes revised

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PublishedNovember 13, 2013

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