Cleora repetita

Cleora repetita is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.[1] It is found from Sundaland to Australia and the Solomon Islands.[2]

Cleora repetita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cleora
Species:
C. repetita
Binomial name
Cleora repetita
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Boarmia repetita Butler, 1882
  • Boarmia inflexaria Snellen, 1881
  • Boarmia epistictis Meyrick, 1889
  • Chogada proletaria Swinhoe, 1915
  • Syneora speciosa Turner, 1947

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are greyish brown with a dark wavy line across each wing.[3]

The larvae feed on Terminalia, Premna, Persea (including Persea americana), Callistemon (including Callistemon saligna), Eucalyptus (including Eucalyptus pilularis), Lithomyrtus (including Lithomyrtus obtusa) and Flindersia (including Flindersia australis) species.

References
  1. "Species Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (22 May 2015). "Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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