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 Edit this 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Chlenias banksiaria". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Chlenias banksiaria (Le Guillou, 1841)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c 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.