Cleora inoffensa

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Cleora inoffensa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Cleora
Species:
C. inoffensa
Binomial name
Cleora inoffensa
(Swinhoe, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Boarmia inoffensaSwinhoe, 1902
  • Carecomotis inoffensaD. S. Fletcher, 1953 [1]

Cleora inoffensa is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Himalayas, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and on the Solomons.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Geometer moth family of insects

The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek geo γη or γαια 'the earth' and metron μέτρων 'measure' in reference to the way their larvae, or inchworms, appear to "measure the earth" as they move along in a looping fashion. A very large family, it has around 23,000 species of moths described, and over 1400 species from six subfamilies indigenous to North America alone. A well-known member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious pests.

Himalayas mountain range in Central Asia

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cleora inoffensa (Swinhoe, 1902)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.


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