Cleora acaciaria

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]

Cleora acaciaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Cleora
Species:	C. acaciaria
Binomial name
Cleora acaciaria (Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
Boamia acaciaria Boisduval, 1833 Cleora acacicola Holloway, 1979 Cleora acerata D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Cleora acuata D. S. Fletcher, 1953 Cleora aculeata D. S. Fletcher, 1967 Cleora acutiorata D. S. Fletcher, 1953 Cleora adustaria Preissecker Cleora aequivoca Prout, 1929

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]