Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)

Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)

Chiasmia simplicilinea is a Geometridae moth found across parts of Africa and Madagascar, whose larvae feed on specific mimosoid and acacia plants.

Family
Genus
Chiasmia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)

Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905) is a moth species that belongs to the family Geometridae. This moth is distributed across eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa; it is also found in Ivory Coast and Madagascar. The known food plants for the larvae of this species are Mimosoideae, Acacia dealbata, and Acacia mearnsii.

Photo: (c) Johan Heyns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Johan Heyns · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Chiasmia

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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