Cleora repetita

Cleora repetita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cleora
Species: C. repetita
Binomial name
Cleora repetita
(Butler, 1882)[1]
Synonyms
  • Boarmia repetita Butler, 1882
  • Boarmia inflexaria Snellen, 1881
  • Boarmia epistictis Meyrick, 1889
  • Chogada proletaria Swinhoe, 1915
  • Syneora speciosa Turner, 1947

Cleora repetita is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Sundaland to Australia and the Solomon Islands.[2]

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), Fenzlia (including Fenzlia obtusa) and Flindersia (including Flindersia australis) species.

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ Cleora at funet
  3. ↑ Australian Insects
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