''Cleora tora'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...

. It is known from northern

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. It has a

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

between 21–31 mm and is close to ''

Cleora proemia ''Cleora'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by John Curtis in 1825. Species * '' Cleora alienaria'' (Walker, 1860) * '' Cleora acaciaria'' (Boiduval, 1833) * '' Cleora atriclava'' Prout, 1926 * '' Cleora bicl ...

'' Prout, 1917 in some details of structure.http://biostor.org/reference/85604.text Biostore.org: Prout, 1926, NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXXIII. 179 NEW GEOMETRIDAE IN THE TRING MUSEUM

References

Cleora Moths described in 1926 Moths of Madagascar {{Boarmiini-stub