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Cleora stenoglypta

Variable Moth

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Variable Moth

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Rarotonga - French Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Endemic of se.Polynesia; Land, Upper montane only

KEY FEATURES: Medium moth (17mmTL) varies from grey to dark brown, mottled with darker wavy lines crossing wings.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Cleora stenoglypta Prout, 1929
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; GEOMETRIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Medium moth (17mmTL) varies from grey to dark brown, mottled with darker wavy lines crossing wings. Fore and hind wings broadly triangular , both wings similarly mottled with different shades of greenish brown; females paler, cell rings in middle of wings and 2 distal lines clearly visible. Underside grey, darker distally; cell spots clearly visible with distal line. Head, Thorax and Abdomen colour similar to wings. Legs and Antennae grey; male feathery, female filamentous.

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar will be a looper (inchworm), polyphagous. Adults nocturnal, and were abundant where found.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: BESO99, specimen #74, 628, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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