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Capusa cuculloides

Synonyms: Teinocladia cuculloides

Wikipedia Abstract

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. 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.
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Prey / Diet

Acacia pycnantha (Golden Wattle)[1]
Eucalyptus odorata (Peppermint box)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0