Comostola chlorargyra
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| Comostola chlorargyra | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Comostola |
| Species: | C. chlorargyra |
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| Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861) | |
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Comostola chlorargyra is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] the Indian subregion, the Andaman Islands, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Australia.[3]
Its wingspan is about 20 mm. It is generally a green moth with irregular white beaded wing margins outlined in brown.[4] The caterpillar is known to feed on Cerbera species,[5] such as Cerbera manghas.[6]
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