Gellonia dejectaria
Gellonia dejectaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Gellonia |
Species: | G. dejectaria |
Binomial name | |
Gellonia dejectaria Walker, 1860 | |
Gellonia dejectaria, commonly called the brown evening moth, is a moth of the Geometridae family, it is native to New Zealand.
G. dejectaria caterpillars eat the leaves of the māhoe, supplejack and bush lawyer plants.[1]
References
- ↑ "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.