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''Chrysocraspeda olearia'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in oriental regions such as India,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, and some Far-East Asian countries. The host plant of the caterpillar is ''
Syzygium cumini ''Syzygium cumini'', commonly known as Malabar plum, Java plum, black plum, jamun, jaman, jambul, or jambolan, is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, and favored for its fruit, timber, and ornamental value. It is ...
''. One subspecies is recognized. *''Chrysocraspeda olearia ecteles'' Prout, 1938


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Moths of Asia Moths described in 1857 {{Sterrhinae-stub