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Declana floccosa

Declana floccosa
Declana floccosa male.jpg
Male specimen
Declana floccosa female.jpg
Female specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Declana
Species: D. floccosa
Binomial name
Declana floccosa
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Declana scabra Walker, 1863
  • Declana nigrosparsa Butler, 1879
  • Declana callista Salmon, 1946

Declana floccosa, the forest semilooper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan of this species is 27–35 mm and is extremely variable in colour and patterning.

The larvae feed on a wide range of native and exotic broad-leaved and coniferous shrubs and trees. Exotic hosts include Pinus radiata and other Pinus species, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Larix and Eucalyptus. Native hosts include Muehlenbeckia australis.



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