Cleora injectaria
Species of moth
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Cleora injectaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in the tropical regions of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, up to Fiji and New Caledonia.
| Cleora injectaria | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Cleora |
| Species: | C. injectaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Cleora injectaria Walker, 1860 | |
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Description
The wingspan is about 36–50 mm.[1] Adults are greyish or pale brown with variable complicated darker markings, with about nine color morphs.[2] It is known that there are about nine different color morphs in the C. alienaria complex - with the black and white banded forms, more abundant than grey, brown and white forms, plain forms and black discal spot forms.[3]
The larvae feed on mangrove vegetation of Rhizophora, Avicennia, Excoecaria and Xylocarpus species.[4]
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