Biology:Didymoctenia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Didymoctenia
Didymoctenia exsuperata.jpg
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Didymoctenia

Warren, 1901
Species:
D. exsuperata
Binomial name
Didymoctenia exsuperata
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Boarmia exsuperata Walker, 1860
  • Tephrosia disposita Walker, 1860
  • Ectropis dicranucha Turner, 1947

Didymoctenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae and subfamily Ennominae which was described by Warren in 1901. Its only species, Didymoctenia exsuperata, the thick-lined bark moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Australia .[1]

Life cycle

Early instar caterpillars are brownish white with varying dots with a brown head. As the caterpillar reaches its last instar it turns green and will be almost completely covered in small black dots.[2]

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