Chlenias banksiaria

Chlenias banksiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chlenias
Species: C. banksiaria
Binomial name
Chlenias banksiaria
(Le Guillou, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geometra banksiaria Le Guillou, 1841[1]
  • Chlenias auctaria Guenée, 1857[2]
  • Cleophana australasiae Wallengren, 1860[3]
  • Chlenias indecisata Walker, 1862[2]
  • Chlenias pachymela Lower, 1893[1]
  • Chlenias acutaria Swinhoe, 1902

Chlenias banksiaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.[3][4]

The larvae feed from many different species of unrelated plants, including the introduced Pinus radiata.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chlenias banksiaria". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Chlenias". funet.fi. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chlenias banksiaria". Butterfly House. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Chlenias banksiaria". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.


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