Monoctenia smerintharia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Monoctenia smerintharia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Monoctenia smerintharia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Monoctenia smerintharia, the dark leaf moth, is an Australian geometrid moth whose larvae eat gum tree leaves.

Family
Genus
Monoctenia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Monoctenia smerintharia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Monoctenia smerintharia, which is more commonly known as the dark leaf moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. It was first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. This species is found in Australia, and its larvae feed on the leaves of gum trees.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Monoctenia

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

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