Comostola laesaria

Comostola laesaria
Mounted specimen
Living specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Comostola
Species: C. laesaria
Binomial name
Comostola laesaria
(Walker, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Iodis laesaria Walker, 1861
  • Eucrostis perlepidaria Walker, 1866

Comostola laesaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, Sundaland, northern Australia and the Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are green with several red dots on each wing.

Larvae feed on the flowers of various plants, including Buchanania, Mangifera, Terminalia carolinensis, Melastomataceae, Melaleuca and Dimocarpus species. They are pale green or brown.[2]

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