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Family Noctuidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Semi-looper Moths that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Typical Semi-Looper Caterpillar
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- The caterpillars in Catocalinae are usually smooth-skinned and lack of
hairs. They are long and slender.
Some of them have prolegs of segments 3, or 3 and 4 reduced and known as semi-looper.
They move in looping
action.
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- Tricolour Noctuid Moth
   - Oxyodes tricolor, wingspan
30mm
- This moth was hiding under the plants materials on the forest floor during
the day. There are the white dots
pattern on their front wings. The pattern is very different among individuals. Some
are even have the white line across their wings. The hidden hind wings are
half orange-yellow and half black, normally covered by forewings. Click here
for more pictures and information.
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- Cotton Semi-looper Moth
 
- Anomis flava, body length 20mm
- This moth can be found in summer in our backyard on the Hibiscus
plants. The moth is golden yellow in colour with brown pattern. The
caterpillar is green with white bands between segments. The caterpillar move
in looper style, although it is not in GEOMETRIDAE
family. Please click on here for more
information.
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- Yellow Banded Semi-looper Moth
 - Anomis combinans, length 40mm
- The caterpillar is greyish-green in colour with yellow
bands on black stript. The head is pink in colour. On the same plant
we find the above pupa. We believed they are the same species. Please
check this page for more
information.
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- Clubbed-hair Semi-looper
 - Homodes bracteigutta, length 30mm
- Mar 2008, Bulimba Creek near Wishart. From reference information, this
caterpillar associates with ants of genus Oecophylla Formicinae.
The moth is medium size and reddish brown in colour, which we did not
found one yet. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Orange-brown Wave Moth
 - Homodes sp., wingspan 25mm
- We found this moth outside our house. This moth came to our house
attracted by the window lights. The moth looked like moth in family Geometridae.
Initially we put this moth in this page.
Please also check this page for more information.
- 1. CATOCALINAE in Australia - Australian Caterpillars, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 20011.
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- Brown Noctuid Moth
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- Ericeia sobria, wingspan 40mm
- We found those dark brown moths and light brown
moths with the slightly different patterns in our backyard, 2002. Check
this page for more information.
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- Common Brown Noctuid Moth
 - Diatenes aglossoides, wingspan 40mm
- The Moths is dark brown with complex pattern wings. We found it rested on the wall
outside our house from time to time. Caterpillar feeds on Acacia, pupates on hole or
under loose bark of host tree. Check this page
for more information.
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- Poinciana Looper Moth
 
- Pericyma cruegeri, wingspan 40mm
- The moth is brown in colour, with complex pattern of lines and patches. The moth is attracted to window light. We
took the above pictures on the wall and fence outside our house. Caterpillar is
a semi-looper and pale green in colour, feeds on Poinciana (Delonix regia).
Please check this page for more
information.
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- Discolor Noctuid Moth
 - Avatha discolor, Catocalinae, wingspan 25mm
- This moth is brown in colour with dark brown patterns. The patterns vary
between individuals. The caterpillar is thin and like to rest along the edge
of leaves. Please also check this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p912.
- 2. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p448.
- 3. CATOCALINAE
in Australia - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.
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