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Chrysolarentia mecynata Guenée, 1857 | |
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Chrysolarentia mecynata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia.
Larentiinae is a subfamily of moths containing roughly 5,800 species that occur mostly in the temperate regions of the world. They are generally considered a subfamily of the geometer moth family (Geometridae) and are divided into a few large or good-sized tribes, and numerous very small or even monotypic ones which might not always be valid. Well-known members are the "pug moths" of the Eupitheciini and the "carpets", mainly of the Cidariini and Xanthorhoini. The subfamily was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1845.
Chrysolarentia severata is a species of Larentiinae that occurs in Australia.
Chrysolarentia subrectaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in New Zealand and Australia, including Tasmania.
Chrysolarentia heteroleuca is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia, including Tasmania.
Chrysolarentia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is mainly found in Australia with one species found also in New Zealand.
Chrysolarentia squamulata, the scaled carpet, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1899. It is found in Australia.
Chrysolarentia plesia, the plesia carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. It is found in the Australian states of Victoria and Western Australia.
Chrysolarentia plagiocausta, the black-lined carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.
Xanthorhoini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. The tribe was described by Pierce in 1914.