Cleora acaciaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Réunion São Tomé and Príncipe and the United Arab Emirates.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Cleora |
| Species: | C. acaciaria
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| Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)
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The wingspan is 28–33 mm.
The larvae feed on various plants and trees, including Rutaceae (including Toddalia asiatica), Ericaceae (including Augauria salicifolia), Verbenaceae (including Stachytarpheta urticifolia) and Asteraceae species.[3]
References
edit- ^ EOL.org
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ Papillons de la Réunion. Biotope. page 323. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3
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