Chlenias banksiaria

Chlenias banksiaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Élie Jean François Le Guillou in 1841. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.^[3][4]

Chlenias banksiaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Chlenias
Species:	C. banksiaria
Binomial name
Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
Geometra banksiaria Le Guillou, 1841[1] Chlenias auctaria Guenée, 1857[2] Cleophana australasiae Wallengren, 1860[3] Chlenias indecisata Walker, 1862[2] Chlenias pachymela Lower, 1893[1] Chlenias acutaria Swinhoe, 1902

The larvae feed from many species of unrelated plants, including the introduced Pinus radiata.^[3]

References

1. "Chlenias banksiaria". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. Savela, Markku. "Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 May 2017). "Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
4. "Chlenias banksiaria". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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