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Family
Geometridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Moths and Caterpillars
in subfamily Oenochrominae that we found in the
Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Oenochromin Caterpillar
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- The adults in this subfamily are either with stout-bodied or
slender-bodied. They are mostly grey or brown in colours.
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- Caterpillars in this subfamily are typical loopers. They seldom have more
than two pairs of prolegs.
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- Pink Bellied Moth
  - Oenochroma vinaria, wingspan 40mm
- This moth is pink in colour. Photos were taken outside our house at a summer night.
The colour of this moths can be brown to pink within species, resemble a dry
gum leaf. They have recurved wingtips and a yellow line across each
wing. This moths have many common names such as Hakea Moths, Grevillea
Moths and Win-coloured Moths. Their caterpillars are brown in
colour, have a large black band with white dots. They feed on Grevillea and Hakea.
Please check this page for more infromation.
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- Fallen Bark Looper
 - Gastrophora
henricaria, male, female wingspan 60mm, caterpillar length 60mm
- We
found the caterpillar on gum tree trunk near the ground during late summer. We
waited for one whole year to see it turned into a moth. Please visit this page for
more pictures and information.
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- Grey Geometrid Moth
 - Dichromodes sp.,
wings span 20mm
- Picture taken on Aus 2007 in Karawatha Forest. This moth has the slender
body. The wings colours are variable and camouflage the soil colours. The
wings are held flat when resting. Please check this page
for more infromation.
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- Triangular
Geometrid Moth
 - Epidesmia chilonaria,
wings span 40mm
- Their caterpillars feed on gumtree and bottlebrush leaves, brown in colour with some white
spots and resembles twig. The moths like to rest on ground among dry plants
materials. They have the long labial palpi which pointed in front of the head.
This moth is quite common in Karawatha Forest. Please visit this page
for more infromation.
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- Looper Caterpillars
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- ? sp., length 20mm
to 40mm
- We
believe all the caterpillars we put in this page are in
subfamily Oenochrominae, although we did not find out their ID yet.
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- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p368.
- 2. A
Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO
PUBLISHING, 2007, p137.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
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