Cleora acaciaria

Cleora acaciaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cleora
Species: C. acaciaria
Binomial name
Cleora acaciaria
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Boamia acaciaria Boisduval, 1833
  • Cleora acacicola Holloway 1979
  • Cleora acerata Fletcher 1967
  • Cleora acuata Fletcher 1953
  • Cleora aculeata Fletcher 1967
  • Cleora acutiorata Fletcher 1953
  • Cleora adustaria Preissecker
  • Cleora aequivoca Prout 1929[1]

Cleora acaciaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Réunion Sao Tomé & Principé, United Arab Emirates.[2]

The wingspan is 28-33mm.

The larvae feed on various plants and trees, including Rutaceae (including Toddalia asiatica), Ericaceae (including Augauria salicifolia), Verbenaceae (including Stachytarpheta urticifolia) and Asteraceae species.[3]

References

  1. ↑ eol.org
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Papillons de la Réunion, ISBN Biotope 978-2-914817-07-3 page323


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