Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Poecilasthena | |
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Poecilasthena pulchraria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.
The green looping caterpillars feed on the flowers, developing fruits and older foliage of Astroloma species in Australia and on Leucopogon fasciculatus in New Zealand. They are green or brown marked with purplish brown and a broken white or cream lateral line.
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