Poecilasthena pulchraria

Poecilasthena pulchraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Poecilasthena
Species:	P. pulchraria
Binomial name
	Poecilasthena pulchraria; (Doubleday, 1843)
Synonyms
	Acidalia pulchraria Doubleday, 1843; Asthena ondinata Guenée, 1857; Asthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843); Chlorochroma plurilineata Walker, 1861; Asthena decolor Turner, 1904;

Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the family Geometridae.^[1] It is found in Australia and New Zealand. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843 and named Acidalia pulchraria.^[2]

The green looping caterpillars feed on the flowers, developing fruits and older foliage of Astroloma species in Australia and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand.^[3] They are green or brown marked with purplish brown and a broken white or cream lateral line.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 189. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
^ Dieffenbach, E.; White, Adam; Doubleday, Edward (1843). "List of Annulose Animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand with descriptions of some new species". Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany and Natural History of the Country. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 285. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.
^ Plant-SyNZ database
^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Poecilasthena Warren". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

External links[]

Australian Faunal Directory
Scoble, M. J. & Hausmann, A. (2007). "Poecilasthena pulchraria". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Retrieved 13 November 2018.

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[Dugdale1988-1] John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 189. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.

[2] Dieffenbach, E.; White, Adam; Doubleday, Edward (1843). "List of Annulose Animals hitherto recorded as found in New Zealand with descriptions of some new species". Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany and Natural History of the Country. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 285. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.25939.

[3] Plant-SyNZ database

[4] Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Poecilasthena Warren". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

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