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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]
Cerbera is a genus of evergreen small trees or shrubs, native to tropical Asia, Australia, Madagascar, and various islands in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Comostola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1888. They are found primarily in Asia and Australia.
Comostola pyrrhogona is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka to Taiwan, and east to Vanuatu, New Caledonia, northern Australia and Norfolk Island.
Europlema desistaria is a species of moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Borneo, Sulawesi, Flores and Queensland.
The Indo-Malaysian drywood termite,, is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes. It is found in Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and introduced to Sri Lanka. It is the smallest termite species in Australia, with 2.5 – 3.7mm in soldiers.
Mecodina praecipua is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Saroba maculicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Papuan region to Solomon islands and Sri Lanka.
Anomis combinans, the yellow-banded semi-looper moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Australia, Sri Lanka, Borneo, New Guinea, Malaysia and Timor.
Amblychia angeronaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, northern India, Korea, Andaman Islands to Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra, Korea Japan and Australia.
Aplochlora vivilaca is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, Indian subregion, Taiwan, Borneo and Sulawesi.
Calletaera postvittata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Indian sub-region, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Sundaland.
Comostola subtiliaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1864. It is a widespread species which is found in Korea and adjacent parts of Siberia, Japan, Borneo, Sumatra, India, South China, Taiwan, Borneo, Sumatra, and Sri Lanka.
Ectropis bhurmitra, the tea twig caterpillar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. A widespread Asian species, it is found around Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, New Guinea to Australian Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Eucrostes disparata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Taiwan, Japan and Australia.
Eucyclodes divapala is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, as well as Taiwan.
Eucyclodes semialba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka, the north-east Himalayas of India, Myanmar and Sundaland.
Maxates coelataria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Sri Lanka and from the Indian subregion to Sundaland.
Thalassodes immissaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Oriental tropics of China, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan, Borneo, Vietnam, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Ryukyu Islands. The populations in Ryukyu are often classified as a subspecies - Thalassodes immissaria intaminataInoue, 1971.
Dysaethria conflictaria, or Epiplema conflictaria, is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia.
Maurilia iconica is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of Sri Lanka, Australia to the islands of Samoa, Rarotonga and New Caledonia.
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