Chlenias banksiaria

Chlenias banksiaria
Chlenias banksiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Chlenias
Species: C. banksiaria
Binomial name
Chlenias banksiaria
(Le Guillou, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Geometra banksiaria Le Guillou, 1841
  • Chlenias auctaria Guenée, 1857
  • Cleophana australasiae Wallengren, 1860
  • Chlenias indecisata Walker, 1862
  • Chlenias pachymela Lower, 1893
  • Chlenias acutaria Swinhoe, 1902

Chlenias banksiaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on many species of unrelated plants, and has also adapted to feeding on the introduced Pinus radiata.

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