Casuariclystis

Casuariclystis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Casuariclystis latifascia, which is widespread. The range includes Borneo, the Andamans, Fiji, Rotuma Island, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, the Ogasawara Islands, Kenya, Mauritius, Aldabra, and the Seychelles.[3] The habitat consists of coastal areas, dry heath forests, limestone forests, oceanic islands, and dry secondary forests.

Casuariclystis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Casuariclystis

Holloway, 1997[1]
Species:
C. latifascia
Binomial name
Casuariclystis latifascia
(Walker, 1866)[2]
Type species
Eupithecia latifascia
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia latifascia Walker, 1866
  • Eupithecia inexplicata Walker, 1866
  • Eupithecia perceptata Walker, 1866
  • Gymnoscelis nigella de Joannis, 1906
  • Chloroclystis metallicata T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Chloroclystis scintillata Prout 1932

Adults are purplish dark brown, with a series of regular sinuous fasciae on both wings.

The larvae feed on Casuarina species.

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997". Afromoths. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker 1866)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. The Moths of Borneo

Works cited


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