Cleora taprobana

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Cleora taprobana
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C. taprobana
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Cleora taprobana
D. S. Fletcher, 1953

Cleora taprobana is a moth of the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1953. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Cleora taprobana Fletcher, 1953". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. Fletcher, D. S. (1953). "A revision of the genus Carecomotis (Lep. Geometridae)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12. 6 (62): 113. doi:10.1080/00222935308654403.
  4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cleora taprobana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.