Hypobapta barnardi
Hypobapta barnardi, or Barnard's grey, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Gilbert Macarthur Goldfinch in 1929. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.[2]
| Hypobapta barnardi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hypobapta |
| Species: | H. barnardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypobapta barnardi Goldfinch, 1929[1] | |
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are grey with two jagged black lines across each forewing, and one across each hindwing.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus odorata.
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- Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (19 June 2018). "Hypobapta barnardi Goldfinch, 1929 Barnard's Grey". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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