Ciampa arietaria

Ciampa arietaria, the brown pasture looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of Australia, including Tasmania.

Ciampa arietaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Ciampa
Species:	C. arietaria
Binomial name
Ciampa arietaria (Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
Chlenias arietaria Guenée, 1857 Chemerina cuneifera Walker, 1862 Ciampa defixella Walker, 1863 Hypata moderatella Walker, 1869 Chlenias crambaria Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Ciampa stenoptila Turner, 1947

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.

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Australian Insects