Poecilasthena pulchraria

Poecilasthena pulchraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Geometridae
Genus:Poecilasthena
Species: P. pulchraria
Binomial name
Poecilasthena pulchraria
(Doubleday, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Acidalia pulchraria Doubleday, 1843
  • Asthena ondinata Guenée, 1857
  • Chlorochroma plurilineata Walker, 1861
  • Asthena decolor Turner, 1904

Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 and named Acidalia pulchraria.[1]

The green looping caterpillars feed on the flowers, developing fruits and older foliage of Astroloma species in Australia and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand.[2] They are green or brown marked with purplish brown and a broken white or cream lateral line.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieffenbach, E.; White, Adam; Doubleday, Edward (1843). "List of Annulose Animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand with descriptions of some new species.". Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of the country. 2. London: John Murray. p. 285. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.
  2. ↑ Plant-SyNZ database
  3. ↑ The Moths of Borneo



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