Poecilasthena pulchraria

Poecilasthena pulchraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Poecilasthena
Species:
P. pulchraria
Binomial name
Poecilasthena pulchraria
(Doubleday, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acidalia pulchraria Doubleday, 1843
  • Asthena ondinata Guenée, 1857
  • Asthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843)
  • Chlorochroma plurilineata Walker, 1861
  • Asthena decolor Turner, 1904

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]

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

  1. ^ a b Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 189. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Plant-SyNZ database
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