Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904) (Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904))
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Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904)

Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904)

Chrysolarentia plagiocausta, the black-lined carpet, is a 30-mm wingspan geometrid moth found in southeastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Chrysolarentia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chrysolarentia plagiocausta (Turner, 1904)

Chrysolarentia plagiocausta, commonly known as the black-lined carpet, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first formally described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. Its recorded distribution includes the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, and Victoria. Adults of this species have a wingspan of approximately 30 mm.

Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Chrysolarentia

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

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