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'''''Cleora injectaria''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Geometridae]] family. It is found in the tropical regions of the [[Indomalaya]]n and [[Australasia]]n ecozones, up to [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]]. |
'''''Cleora injectaria''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Geometridae]] family. It is found in the tropical regions of the [[Indomalaya]]n and [[Australasia]]n ecozones, up to [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]]. |
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Adult greyish or pale brown with variable complicated darker markings.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/enno/injectaria.html | title=Cleora injectaria (Walker, 1860) | publisher=Butterfly House | accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref> The wingspan is about 36-50mm.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref> |
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The larvae feed on [[Rhizophora]], [[Avicennia]], [[Excoecaria]] and [[Xylocarpus]] species.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_28_7.php|title=Cleora injectaria|author=Jeremy Daniel Holloway|publisher=Southdene Sdn. Bhd|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> |
The larvae feed on [[Rhizophora]], [[Avicennia]], [[Excoecaria]] and [[Xylocarpus]] species.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Boarmiini/boarmiini_28_7.php|title=Cleora injectaria|author=Jeremy Daniel Holloway|publisher=Southdene Sdn. Bhd|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> |
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*[https://porcupinehku.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/polymorphism-and-populations-cleora-injectaria-walker-1860-lepidoptera-geometridae-at-mai-po-nature-reserve-hong-kong/ Polymorphism and populations: Cleora injectaria (Walker, 1860) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) at Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong] |
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Cleora injectaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in the tropical regions of the Indomalayan and Australasian ecozones, up to Fiji and New Caledonia.
Adult greyish or pale brown with variable complicated darker markings.[1] The wingspan is about 36-50mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Rhizophora, Avicennia, Excoecaria and Xylocarpus species.[3]
References
- ^ "Cleora injectaria (Walker, 1860)". Butterfly House. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Jeremy Daniel Holloway. "Cleora injectaria". Southdene Sdn. Bhd. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
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