Cleora acaciaria

Cleora acaciaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Cleora
Species: C. acaciaria
Binomial name
Cleora acaciaria
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boamia acaciaria Boisduval, 1833
  • Cleora acacicola Holloway, 1979
  • Cleora acerata D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Cleora acuata D. S. Fletcher, 1953
  • Cleora aculeata D. S. Fletcher, 1967
  • Cleora acutiorata D. S. Fletcher, 1953
  • Cleora adustaria Preissecker
  • Cleora aequivoca Prout, 1929

Cleora acaciaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Réunion São Tomé & Príncipe and the United Arab Emirates.[2]

The wingspan is 28–33 mm.

The larvae feed on various plants and trees, including Rutaceae (including Toddalia asiatica), Ericaceae (including Augauria salicifolia), Verbenaceae (including Stachytarpheta urticifolia) and Asteraceae species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ EOL.org
  2. ↑
    • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ Papillons de la Réunion. Biotope. page 323. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3


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