Cleora acaciaria

Cleora acaciaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Réunion São Tomé and Príncipe and the United Arab Emirates.[2]

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

The wingspan is 28–33 mm.

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. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. Papillons de la Réunion. Biotope. page 323. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3
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