Oblique Peacock

Chiasmia simplicilinea · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Geometridae

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Oblique Peacock
Photo: Henry de Lange, CC BY

The oblique peacock is a moth in the Geometridae family. It lives across eastern and southern Africa, from Ethiopia down to South Africa, and also in Ivory Coast and Madagascar. Its caterpillars feed on plants in the Mimosoideae subfamily, including Acacia dealbata and Acacia mearnsii.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Chiasmia simplicilinea belongs to the moth family Geometridae.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Larvae eat plants in the Mimosoideae group, such as Acacia dealbata and Acacia mearnsii.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Oblique Peacock photo 2
Photo: Henry de Lange, CC BY
Oblique Peacock photo 3
Photo: kevin koen, CC BY-SA
Oblique Peacock photo 4
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY
Oblique Peacock photo 5
Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiasmia_simplicilinea

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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