Chlorocoma dichloraria Guenée, 1857 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chlorocoma dichloraria Guenée, 1857

Chlorocoma dichloraria Guenée, 1857

Chlorocoma dichloraria is a Australian geometrid moth with a 30 mm wingspan whose larvae feed on Mimosaceae.

Family
Genus
Chlorocoma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chlorocoma dichloraria Guenée, 1857

Chlorocoma dichloraria, commonly called the double-fringed emerald or Guenée's emerald, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Achille Guenée, with its scientific name attributed to Guenée in 1857, though the original description text cites the publication year as 1858. It is distributed across six Australian states: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. Adults have a wingspan of approximately 30 millimeters. The larvae of this moth feed on a variety of species from the plant family Mimosaceae.

Photo: (c) Chris Lindorff, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Chris Lindorff · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Chlorocoma

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

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