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aussietrev North Burnett, Queen, Australia Mar 24, 2009

Have asked the local experts but no-one has seen this geometridae before. Has anyone come across this lovely little (20mm) emerald before?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Mar 24, 2009

It looks very like Chlorocoma stereota : http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/geom/stereota.html
but I don't know whether it reaches to Queensland.

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aussietrev North Burnett, Queen, Australia Mar 24, 2009

Thanks Kennedy but there are many significant difference which rules out C.stereota, the continuation of the stripe on the hind wing, the presence of two stripes on the forewing and the yellow head, antennae and eyes. From the moth experts consulted to date it appears this may be an undescribed Chlorocoma species.

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