Poecilasthena pulchraria

Poecilasthena pulchraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Poecilasthena
Species:	P. pulchraria
Binomial name
	Poecilasthena pulchraria; (Warren, 1898)
Synonyms
	Acidalia pulchraria Doubleday, 1843; Asthena ondinata Guenée, 1857; Chlorochroma plurilineata Walker, 1861; Asthena decolor Turner, 1904;

Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.

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.^[2] They are green or brown marked with purplish brown and a broken white or cream lateral line.^[3]

References

^ "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ Plant-SyNZ database
^ The Moths of Borneo

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[1] "Home of Ichneumonoidea". Taxapad. Dicky Sick Ki Yu. 1997–2012. Retrieved 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] Plant-SyNZ database

[3] The Moths of Borneo

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