Catoria delectaria

Catoria delectaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (Queensland).

Catoria delectaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Subfamily: Ennominae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Catoria
Species:
C. delectaria
Binomial name
Catoria delectaria
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ophthalmodes delectaria Walker 1866
  • Selidosema viridis Turner, 1906
  • Boarmia viridaria Pagenstecher, 1888
  • Ophthalmodes plesia Swinhoe, 1907
  • Catoria vernans Prout, 1929

Adults are grey with submarginal arcs of dark spots on each wing.[2]

Subspecies
  • Catoria delectaria delectaria
  • Catoria delectaria plesia (Swinhoe, 1907)
  • Catoria delectaria vernans Prout, 1929

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catoria delectaria (Walker 1866)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
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