Caledasthena

Caledasthena is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae.[1] Its single species, Caledasthena montana, is found in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Both the genus and species were first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1979.[2]

Caledasthena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Larentiinae
Genus:
Caledasthena

Holloway, 1979
Species:
C. montana
Binomial name
Caledasthena montana
Holloway, 1979

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caledasthena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caledasthena montana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2019.


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