Casuariclystis

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| image = Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker, 1866).jpg

| taxon = Casuariclystis latifascia

| authority = (Walker, 1866)

| parent_authority = Holloway, 1997

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms =

  • Eupithecia latifascia Walker, 1866
  • Eupithecia inexplicata Walker, 1866
  • Eupithecia perceptata Walker, 1866
  • Gymnoscelis nigella de Joannis, 1906
  • Chloroclystis metallicata T. B. Fletcher, 1910
  • Chloroclystis scintillata Prout 1932

}}

Casuariclystis is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Casuariclystis latifascia, which is widespread. The range includes Borneo, the Andamans, Fiji, Rotuma Island, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hong Kong, the Ogasawara Islands, Kenya, Mauritius, Aldabra, and the Seychelles.{{cite web |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/eupitheciini/eupitheciini_19_1.php |title=TRIBE EUPITHECIINI|work=The Moths of Borneo |access-date=26 September 2024 }} In Borneo, it has been collected in montane forest, low elevation dipterocarp forest, and in dry lowland heath forest.

The larvae feed on Casuarina species, including Casuarina equisetifolia.

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{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |year=2011–2024 |url=https://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CASULATI |title=Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker, 1866) |website=Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) |access-date=26 September 2024 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/271419 |title=Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997 |work=Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.256 |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=26 September 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/larentiinae/casuariclystis/#Casuariclystis |title=Casuariclystis Holloway, 1997 |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=26 September 2024}}

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Category:Eupitheciini

Category:Monotypic moth genera

Category:Moths of Asia

Category:Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa

Category:Moths of Oceania

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