Spotted Manuka Looper

Ipana leptomera · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

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Spotted Manuka Looper
Photo: Possums' End, CC BY

Male spotted manuka loopers are yellow-tan while females are grey. They live on many native and introduced trees, shrubs and garden plants, including conifers. The species is native to New Zealand and adults are on the wing from September to March.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Males are yellow-tan and females are grey.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Endemic to New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Spotted Manuka Looper photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0
Spotted Manuka Looper photo 4
Photo: jacqui-nz, CC BY-SA
Spotted Manuka Looper photo 5
Photo: Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., CC BY
Spotted Manuka Looper photo 6
Photo: Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., CC BY

Same family (Geometridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipana_leptomera

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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