| Comostola pyrrhogona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Comostola |
| Species: | C. pyrrhogona |
| Binomial name | |
| Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
The wingspan is about 15–18 mm. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked. Antennae of male bipectinated (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Palpi with second and third joints long and slender. Forewings with straight discocellulars. Veins 3, 4 and 6 to 11 stalked. Female pale bluish. Head rufous. A rufous dorsal stripe found on vertex of thorax and abdomen. Forewings with costa, and both wings with the outer margin are orange reddish, with black scales and spots irrorated (sprinkled) with silver. Ventral side whitish. [1] Male genitalia include a slender spine enfolded in the sacculus. [2]
Thumatha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. Species are distributed in the Oriental and Australian regions.
Leucoides is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Leucoides fuscicostalis, which is found in Sri Lanka.
Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Britha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866.
Ilyrgis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Aporandria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its single species, Aporandria specularia, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Eucrostes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Hyperythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
Falcaria is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
Chiasmia emersaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in India, Nepal, northern Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, Japan and the Ryukyu Islands.
Berta chrysolineata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is widespread from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to the Solomons.
Eucyclodes gavissima, the Oriental orange banded green geometer moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, western China, Taiwan, Sumatra and Borneo.
Glaucoclystis immixtaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is known only from Sri Lanka, the Chagos Archipelago, Queensland and Fiji. It could prove to be more widely distributed, with populations in more seasonally dry habitats such as Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Cyclophora obstataria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is known from the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka and China to Sundaland, New Guinea and Queensland in Australia.
Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Japan.
Eriopithex recensitaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, on Borneo and in the Australian state of Queensland.
Gymnoscelis imparatalis, the flower-looper moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.
Hypomecis separata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java and Borneo.
Chrysocraspeda abhadraca is a species of moth in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in Indian subregion including India and Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
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