Poecilasthena pulchraria
Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the family Geometridae.[1] It is found in Australia and New Zealand. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 and named Acidalia pulchraria.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Poecilasthena |
| Species: | P. pulchraria |
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| Poecilasthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843) | |
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The green looping caterpillars feed on the flowers, developing fruits and older foliage of Astroloma species in Australia and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand.[3]
References
- John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 189. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- Dieffenbach, E.; White, Adam; Doubleday, Edward (1843). "List of Annulose Animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand with descriptions of some new species". Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany and Natural History of the Country. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 285. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.
- Plant-SyNZ database
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External links
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Scoble, M. J. & Hausmann, A. (2007). "Poecilasthena pulchraria". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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