Callocasta

Callocasta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	Callocasta ; C. Swinhoe, 1894
Species:	C. similis
Binomial name
	Callocasta similis; (Moore, 1888)

Last updated July 26, 2025

Callocasta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. Its only species, Callocasta similis, described by Frederic Moore in 1888, is found in Darjeeling, India.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Callocasta Swinhoe, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callocasta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 13, 2019.

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Callocasta Swinhoe, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callocasta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 13, 2019.

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