Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)

Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)

Chlenias banksiaria is a geometrid moth found in southeastern Australia and Tasmania whose larvae feed on many plant species.

Family
Genus
Chlenias
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)

Chlenias banksiaria is a moth belonging to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Élie Jean François Le Guillou in 1841. This species is distributed in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. The larvae of Chlenias banksiaria feed on a wide range of plant species from unrelated groups, and this includes the introduced species Pinus radiata.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Chlenias

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

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