Comostola pyrrhogona

Comostola pyrrhogona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Hemitheini
Genus:	Comostola
Species:	C. pyrrhogona
Binomial name
Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
Eucrostis pyrrhogona Walker, 1866 Jodis marginata Lucas, 1895 Pyrrhorachis cornuta Warren, 1896 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona augustata Prout, 1917 Pyrrhorachis cornuta callicrossa Prout, 1934 Pyrrhorachis cornuta pisochlora Prout, 1934 Pyrrhorachis cornuta woodfordi Prout, 1934 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona succornuta Prout, 1937 Pyrrhorachis cornuta exquisitata Fletcher, 1957 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona subcrenulata Holloway, 1977

Comostola pyrrhogona is a moth of the family Geometridae. 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.

Description

The wingspan is about 15-18mm. Hind wings with veins 3,4 stalked. Antennae of male bipectinated to two-thirds length. Palpi with second and third joints long and slender. Fore wings 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. Fore wings with costa, and both wings with the outer margin are orange reddish , with black scales and spots irrorated with silver. Ventral side whitish.^[1] Male genitalia include: a slender spine enfolded in the sacculus.^[2]

References

1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
2. "Comostola pyrrhogona Walker comb. n.". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

External links

• The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography
• Moths of Asia