Poecilasthena xylocyma

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Poecilasthena xylocyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Poecilasthena
Species: P. xylocyma
Binomial name
Poecilasthena xylocyma
(Meyrick, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Asthena xylocyma Meyrick, 1891

Poecilasthena xylocyma is a moth in the Geometridae family. It is found in Australia, where it is known from Western Australia,[2] South Australia and Tasmania.

Adults are brown with a speckled pattern of darker brown.

The larvae are green with a white line along each side. Pupation takes place in a dark brown pupa.[3]

References

  1. "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997-2012. Retrieved 2013. 
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Australian Insects


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