Casuariclystis

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Casuariclystis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Larentiinae
Tribe: Eupitheciini
Genus: Casuariclystis
Holloway, 1997 [1]
Species:
C. latifascia
Binomial name
Casuariclystis latifascia
(Walker, 1866) [2]
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia latifasciaWalker, 1866
  • Eupithecia inexplicataWalker, 1866
  • Eupithecia perceptataWalker, 1866
  • Gymnoscelis nigellade Joannis, 1906
  • Chloroclystis metallicataT. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Chloroclystis scintillataProut 1932

Casuariclystis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Casuariclystis latifascia, which is widespread. The range includes Borneo, the Andamans, Fiji, Rotuma Island, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, the Ogasawara Islands, Kenya, Mauritius, Aldabra, and the Seychelles. [3] The habitat consists of coastal areas, dry heath forests, limestone forests, oceanic islands, and dry secondary forests.

Adults are purplish dark brown, with a series of regular sinuous fasciae on both wings.

The larvae feed on Casuarina species.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997". Afromoths. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker 1866)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved April 1, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. The Moths of Borneo

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