Cleora repetita

Cleora repetita is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.[1] It is found from Sundaland to Australia and the Solomon Islands.[2]

Cleora repetita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cleora
Species:	C. repetita
Binomial name
Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
Boarmia repetita Butler, 1882 Boarmia inflexaria Snellen, 1881 Boarmia epistictis Meyrick, 1889 Chogada proletaria Swinhoe, 1915 Syneora speciosa Turner, 1947

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are greyish brown with a dark wavy line across each wing.[3]

The larvae feed on Terminalia, Premna, Persea (including Persea americana), Callistemon (including Callistemon saligna), Eucalyptus (including Eucalyptus pilularis), Lithomyrtus (including Lithomyrtus obtusa) and Flindersia (including Flindersia australis) species.

References

1. "Species Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
2. Savela, Markku. "Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (22 May 2015). "Cleora repetita (Butler, 1882)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 5 February 2019.