Chiasmia streniata

Chiasmia streniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Chiasmia
Species:	C. streniata
Binomial name
*Chiasmia streniata* (Guenée, 1858)
Synonyms
Macaria albogrisearia Mabille, 1900 Macaria amandata Walker, 1861 Macaria arata Saalmüller, 1891 Gonodela flavipicta Bastelberger, 1907 Gonodela lunivallata Warren, 1905 Macaria streniata Guenée, 1858

Chiasmia streniata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, from Sénégal to Kenya and Sudan to South Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is 28 mm.^[2]

Subspecies

Chiasmia streniata streniata (Guenée, 1858) - continental Africa
Chiasmia streniata arata (Saalmüller, 1891) - from Madagascar

References

Guenée 1857b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1–584.

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