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Cleora repetita

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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

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]

The wingspan is about 40 mm.[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

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  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.