Cleta (moth)

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Cleta ramosaria
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Cleta

Duponchel, 1845

Cleta is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hausmann, Axel. (2004). The Geometrid Moths of Europe, Vol. 2. Denmark: Apollo Books, 33-35.