Biology:Catoria delectaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Catoria delectaria
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Catoria
Species:
C. delectaria
Binomial name
Catoria delectaria
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ophthalmodes delectaria Walker 1866
  • Selidosema viridis Turner, 1906
  • Boarmia viridaria Pagenstecher, 1888
  • Ophthalmodes plesia Swinhoe, 1907
  • Catoria vernans Prout, 1929

Catoria delectaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland).

Adults are grey with submarginal arcs of dark spots on each wing.[2]

Subspecies

  • Catoria delectaria delectaria
  • Catoria delectaria plesia (Swinhoe, 1907)
  • Catoria delectaria vernans Prout, 1929

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13458056 entry