Cyclophora frenaria

Cyclophora frenaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics from India to New Guinea and Queensland.[2]

Cyclophora frenaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cyclophora
Species:
C. frenaria
Binomial name
Cyclophora frenaria
(Guenee, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anisodes frenaria Guenee, 1857
  • Perixera pulverulenta Swinhoe, 1892
  • Perixera maculifera Swinhoe, 1900
  • Perixera plumbeodisca Warren, 1903
  • Brachycola cyclophora Turner, 1908

Adults are grey with dark markings, including a black-outlined dark circular spot near the center of each wing.[3]

Larvae have been reared on Uvaria species.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Anisodes frenaria Guenee 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. The Moths of Borneo
  3. Australian Insects
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