Didymoctenia exsuperata
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Didymoctenia exsuperata is a species of Ennominae
Ennominae
Ennominae is the largest subfamily of the geometer moth family with some 9,700 described species in 1,100 genera. They are usually fairly small moth species, though some grow considerably larger. This subfamily has a global distribution. It includes some species that are notorious defoliating...

 that occurs in 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...

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Life cycle

Early instar caterpillars are brownish-white with varying dots with a brown head as the caterpillar reaches its last instar it turns green and will be almost completely covered in small black dots.
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