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Chiasmia streniata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, from Sénégal to Kenya and Sudan to South Africa.[1]

Chiasmia streniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Chiasmia
Species:	C. streniata
Binomial name
Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
Synonyms
Macaria albogrisearia Mabille, 1900 Macaria amandata Walker, 1861 Macaria arata Saalmüller, 1891 Gonodela flavipicta Bastelberger, 1907 Gonodela lunivallata Warren, 1905 Macaria streniata Guenée, 1858

The wingspan is 28 mm.[2]

Subspecies

• Chiasmia streniata streniata (Guenée, 1858) - continental Africa
• Chiasmia streniata arata (Saalmüller, 1891) - from Madagascar

References

• Guenée 1857. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1–584.

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