Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860

Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860

Cernia amyclaria is the only species of the monotypic geometrid moth genus Cernia, found in Australia, described in 1860 by Francis Walker.

Family
Genus
Cernia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cernia amyclaria Walker, 1860

Cernia is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the family Geometridae. This genus contains only one species, Cernia amyclaria, which occurs in Australia. Both the genus Cernia and its single species Cernia amyclaria were described by Francis Walker in 1860.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Cernia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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