Chaetolopha emporias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Chaetolopha |
Species: | C. emporias |
Binomial name | |
Chaetolopha emporias (Turner, 1904)[1] |
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Chaetolopha emporias is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is known from Australia, including Queensland and Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adult have brown wings, with a pale spot in a dark mark near the apex, and broad light and dark bands across each forewing. The hindwings are uniform pale brown.[2]
The larvae are thought to feed on various Polypodiophyta species.