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title: "Phrissogonus laticostatus"
description: "Phrissogonus laticostata — Insectes et araignées. Phrissogonus is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/apple-looper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Phrissogonus laticostatus

> Phrissogonus laticostata — Insectes et araignées. Phrissogonus is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.

- Scientific name: *Phrissogonus laticostata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10002
- Wikidata: [Q7188126](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7188126)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1004767](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1004767)

## Names

- en: Apple Looper
- de: Phrissogonus laticostatus
- es: Phrissogonus laticostatus
- fr: Phrissogonus laticostatus
- it: Phrissogonus laticostatus
- pt: Phrissogonus laticostatus
- pl: Phrissogonus laticostatus

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7679), NZ (1871), NF (9)

## Summary

Phrissogonus is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. Its only species, Phrissogonus laticostata, the apple looper, was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrissogonus

## Photo

![Phrissogonus laticostatus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/apple-looper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Morgane Merien · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105644446

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/apple-looper?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).