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

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Plesanemma fucata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Plesanemma fucata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Plesanemma fucata (the lemon gum moth) is a Geometridae moth found in southern Australia that feeds on Eucalyptus as larvae.

Family
Genus
Plesanemma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Plesanemma fucata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Plesanemma fucata, commonly called the lemon gum moth, is a moth species that belongs to the Geometridae family. This species was first formally described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is distributed across the southern half of Australia. Adult individuals of this species have a wingspan of approximately 40 mm, which equals 1.6 inches. The larvae of Plesanemma fucata feed on plants from the Eucalyptus genus.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Geometridae › Plesanemma

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

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