Capusa cuculloides

Capusa cuculloides
	adult
	young
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Capusa
Species:	C. cuculloides
Binomial name
	Capusa cuculloides; (R. Felder, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
	Teinocladia cuculloides R. Felder, 1874;

Capusa cuculloides, the white-winged wedge-moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Rudolf Felder in 1874. 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 foliage 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
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 June 2018). " Capusa cuculloides (R. Felder, 1874) White-winged Wedge-moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory

[2] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 June 2018). " Capusa cuculloides (R. Felder, 1874) White-winged Wedge-moth". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 March 2019.