Cleora acaciaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Cleora |
| Species: | C. acaciaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)
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Cleora acaciaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Réunion São Tomé & Príncipe and the United Arab Emirates.[2]
The wingspan is 28–33 mm.
The larvae feed on various plants and trees, including Rutaceae (including Toddalia asiatica), Ericaceae (including ), Verbenaceae (including Stachytarpheta urticifolia) and Asteraceae species.[3]
References[]
- ^ EOL.org
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ Papillons de la Réunion. Biotope. page 323. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3
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