Ciampa arietaria
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The Brown Pasture Looper (Ciampa arietaria) is a moth
of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Australia
, including Tasmania
.
The wingspan
is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Arctotheca calendula
, Onopordum acaulon, Lupinus nanus
, Medicago sativa, Erodium
species and Zaluzianskya divaricata. They are considered a pest on pastures.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, including Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Arctotheca calendula
Arctotheca calendula
Arctotheca calendula is a plant commonly known as cape weed, cape dandelion, or cape marigold because it originates from the Cape Province in South Africa...
, Onopordum acaulon, Lupinus nanus
Lupinus nanus
Lupinus nanus , is a species of lupine native to the western United States. It grows naturally in chaparral clearings and along slopes in California, Nevada, and on Steens Mountain in eastern Oregon.There are three accepted subspecies of Lupinus nanus :*Lupinus nanus subsp. latifolius Lupinus...
, Medicago sativa, Erodium
Erodium
Erodium is a genus of the botanical family Geraniaceae. The genus includes about 60 species, for the most part originating in the Mediterranean or Western Asian regions...
species and Zaluzianskya divaricata. They are considered a pest on pastures.