Pseudocoremia rudisata (Forest looper moth)

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:     Arthropoda
Class:        Insecta
Order:       Lepidoptera
Family:      Geometridae
Genus:      Pseudocoremia
Species:     P. rudisata
Scientific name: Pseudocoremia rudisata

Pseudocoremia rudisata is a large nocturnal moth found throughout New Zealand.
This species contains two allopatric (occurring in separate, non-overlapping geographic areas) subspecies (rudisata: ampia Hudson, 1923) that are both widespread and common. The larvae are oligophagous (eating only a few specific kinds of food) within Asteraceae on Olearia generally (5 species reported), Ozothamnus, Brachyglottis and Helichrysum lanceolatum.

Moth (male) This species wing patterns vary in intensity
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Male
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Female
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Female December New Plymouth.
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Female October New Plymouth
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Male with wings spread, Photographed Broken Hill Mine area, Coromandel. February
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