Moths
 
 
Looper Moths
 
GEOMETRIDAE
ENNOMINAE
Bracken Fern Geometrid Moth
Dry Leaf Looper Moth
Bark Looper Moth
Cleora Looper Moth
Sinister Moth
Wattle Bark Moth
Black Looper 
Twig Caterpillars
OENOCHROMINAE
Pink Bellied Moth
Fallen Bark Looper
Grey Geometrid Moth
Triangular Geometrid Moth
Looper Caterpillars
GEOMETRINAE
White Looper Moth
Common Brown Looper Moth
Green Looper Moth
Redlined Looper Moth
Gumtree Bizarre Looper Moth
Banded Carpet Moth I
Banded Carpet Moth II
Banded Carpet Moth III
Green and Brown Carpet Moth
Carpet Moth Caterpillars 
 
 

                                               

Green Looper Moth - Hypodoxa bryophylla

Family Geometridae

This page contains information about Green Looper Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Wingspan 30mm
 
Photos were taken on Sep 2010 in Ford Road Conservation Area. It was resting near the base on a large gumtree trunk.
 
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Male
 
Their caterpillars are green in colour, feed on Eucalyptus, Acacia and Angophora. 
 
Reference:
1. Hypodoxa bryophylla (Goldfinch, 1929) - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2011.
2. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p372, plate11.8.
 

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