Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Ainslie, ACT

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Identification history

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE	4 Jan 2023	donhe
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE	4 Jan 2023	ibaird
Chrysodeixis (genus)	3 Jan 2023	patrickcox

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donhe wrote:

3 Jan 2023

That has too few prolegs to be Plusiinae, so I think it is in Geometridae. The dark ring around the head looks unusual, but I cannot see one like it among the webpages linked to
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geometridae/geometridae-cats.html
I do hope you can rear it to an adult, so that we might be able to determine the species.

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1 Abundance
1 Jan 2023 11:30 AM Recorded on
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Insects Geometer moths (Geometridae) Moths (Lepidoptera)

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12mm to 25mm Animal size

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Geometridae (family) IMMATURE Scientific name
Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1418.1m Recorded at altitude
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