Capusa cuculloides
| Capusa cuculloides | |
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| Caterpillar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Capusa |
| Species: | C. cuculloides |
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| Capusa cuculloides (R. Felder, 1874)[1] | |
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Capusa cuculloides is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Australia.
Adults have pale grey wings with dark veins. It folds its wings along its back when at rest.[2]
The larvae feed on the foiliage of Eucalyptus species. Young larvae are green with a dark brown dorsal line on the thorax, dark brown dashes on the abdomen, and white spiracles with red outlines. Later instars are reddish.
References
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse Archived October 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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