About Poecilasthena pulchraria (Doubleday, 1843)
Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. It is distributed across Australia and New Zealand. This species was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843, when it was originally named Acidalia pulchraria. Its green looping caterpillars feed on flowers, developing fruits, and older foliage: they feed on plants of the genus Astroloma in Australia, and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand.