Capusa cuculloides

Capusa cuculloides
	Caterpillar
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 is a moth of the Geometridae family. 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 foiliage 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
↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse Archived October 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory

[2] tera.butterflyhouse Archived October 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.