Gellonia dejectaria

Gellonia dejectaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Gellonia
Species: G. dejectaria
Binomial name
Gellonia dejectaria
Walker, 1860

Gellonia dejectaria, commonly called the brown evening moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae, it is native to New Zealand.

G. dejectaria caterpillars eat the leaves of the māhoe, supplejack and bush lawyer plants.[1]

References

  1. "Brown Evening Moth, Gellonia dejectaria". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 22 May 2012.


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