| Monoctenia smerintharia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Monoctenia |
| Species: | M. smerintharia |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoctenia smerintharia R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 | |
Monoctenia smerintharia, more commonly known as the dark leaf moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Australia. [1] The larvae feed on the leaves of gum trees. [2]