Geometridae (family) IMMATURE

Unidentified IMMATURE Geometer moths at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Geometridae (family) IMMATURE	2 Feb 2022	ibaird
Geometridae (family) IMMATURE	2 Feb 2022	donhe
Unidentified	2 Feb 2022	KMcCue

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7 comments

donhe wrote:

2 Feb 2022

lateral view, showing the legs?

KMcCue wrote:

2 Feb 2022

Sorry - no. Next time, was gardening.

donhe wrote:

2 Feb 2022

Less than 7% of the 10,000+ Australian moth species have known caterpillars. It is a ecological black hole. We need to discover what caterpillars turn into what moths. Could you not take 10 minutes to capture it and put in a bottle to photograph it properly and rear it?

KMcCue wrote:

2 Feb 2022

Don, I'd be happy to.
It was on mulch or leaf litter, two different eucalypts, what food source would I use - perhaps leaves of both?

We are rearing some Dainty Butterflies and feed the larvae with citrus leaves but I have no idea what leaves to give a nondescript green larva, presumably a moth. I searched the internet to find out what it was to no avail.

ibaird wrote:

2 Feb 2022

Not Paralea?

donhe wrote:

2 Feb 2022

see http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/faqs/leaves.html

donhe wrote:

2 Feb 2022

Some Paralea and some Fisera have a flat head with a pale collar, but one really needs to see the prolegs to resolve this. But given the size, I think you are right Ian : that it is in Geometridae.

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