Didymoctenia

Didymoctenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae and subfamily Ennominae which was described by Warren in 1901. Its only species, Didymoctenia exsuperata, the thick-lined bark moth, was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in Australia.^[1]

Didymoctenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Boarmiini
Genus:	Didymoctenia Warren, 1901
Species:	D. exsuperata
Binomial name
Didymoctenia exsuperata (Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
Boarmia exsuperata Walker, 1860 Tephrosia disposita Walker, 1860 Ectropis dicranucha Turner, 1947

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.^[2]