Beautiful colours and texture enabled me to identify it quite quickly as a Textured Emerald (or Common Brown Looper) moth Hypodoxa muscosaria of the GEOMETRIDAE family.
However to be certain I disturbed it to enable a photo of the underside which has distinctive markings.
After the photo it was quite happy to go its place on the wall for the rest of the day.
This moth has a wingspan of between 30 to 40mm and is found along eastern Australia.
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