Chiasmia Streniata
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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 Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
to South Africa. The wingspan is 28 mm.Bastelberger (1907)
"Neue afrikanische Geometriden aus meiner Sammlung"
''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben'' 1: 135–136


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. Macariini Moths described in 1858 Moths of Madagascar Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Lepidoptera of West Africa Lepidoptera of Mozambique Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of Ethiopia Lepidoptera of Tanzania Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe {{Macariini-stub