View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Poecilasthena pulchraria

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'''Kingdom:''' Animalia<br />
'''Phylum:''' Arthropoda<br />
'''Class:''' Insecta<br />
'''Order:''' Lepidoptera<br />
'''Family:''' Geometridae<br />
'''Genus:''' Poecilasthena<br />
'''Species:''' P. pulchraria<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Poecilasthena pulchraria<br />
'''Synonyms:''' Acidalia pulchraria, Asthena ondinata, Chlorochroma plurilineata, Asthena decolor.

Poecilasthena pulchraria is a very pale moth with a wingspan of about 25mm and is found in New Zealand and Australia. Its wings have lots of wiggly white lines across them and on the costal margin (the leading edge) of each forewing there is a darker band. In the centre of each forewing there is one small dark spot.<br />
The caterpillars are green/brown marked with purplish brown and a broken white or cream lateral line. In New Zealand the green looping caterpillars are known to feed on Leucopogon fasciculatus (Soft Mingimingi).

A female moth <br />
[[File:1-Poecilasthena pulchraria-004.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]

Female<br />
[[File:Poecilasthena pulchraria-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]    

A moth resting with wings fully extended.<br />
[[File:Poecilasthena pulchraria.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]

Male on a window with daylight illuminating the wing patterns.<br />
[[File:Poecilasthena pulchraria-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]

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