Poecilasthena pulchraria
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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Poecilasthena |
| Species: | P. pulchraria |
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| Poecilasthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843) | |
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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
- 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.
- Plant-SyNZ database
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Poecilasthena Warren". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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External links
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Scoble, M. J. & Hausmann, A. (2007). "Poecilasthena pulchraria". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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