Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)

Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)

Cleora repetita is a 40 mm wingspan geometrid moth found from Sundaland to Australia and the Solomon Islands, whose larvae feed on a range of trees.

Family
Genus
Cleora
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)

Cleora repetita is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. This species is distributed across the range from Sundaland to Australia and the Solomon Islands. The adult moth has a wingspan of approximately 40 millimeters. The caterpillar larvae of Cleora repetita feed on plant species from multiple genera: Terminalia, Premna, Persea (including the species Persea americana), Callistemon (including Callistemon saligna), Eucalyptus (including Eucalyptus pilularis), Lithomyrtus (including Lithomyrtus obtusa), and Flindersia (including Flindersia australis).

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Cleora

More from Geometridae

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

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