Capusa cuculloides (Felder, 1874) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Capusa cuculloides (Felder, 1874)

Capusa cuculloides (Felder, 1874)

Capusa cuculloides, the white-winged wedge-moth, is a Geometridae moth found in Australia whose larvae feed on two tree species.

Family
Genus
Capusa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Capusa cuculloides (Felder, 1874)

Capusa cuculloides, commonly known as the white-winged wedge-moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Rudolf Felder in 1874. This species is recorded from Australia, including the island state of Tasmania. The larvae of Capusa cuculloides feed on two plant species: golden wattle, whose scientific name is Acacia pycnantha, and peppermint box, whose scientific name is Eucalyptus odorata.

Photo: (c) Elaine McDonald, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Elaine McDonald · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Capusa

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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