Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Geometroidea Geometridae Geometrinae

• Comostola hauensteini Smetacek, 2004 Kumaon

  • Comostola hauensteini Smetacek, 2004; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 101: (269-276) ; TL: Kumaon, Bhimtal
• Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861) Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, S.China, Taiwan, Sundaland, N.Australia, Bismarcs. See [maps]

  • Iodis[sic] laesaria Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 54
  • Eucrostis[sic] perlepidaria Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1610
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 292

  • Comostola laesaria, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola laesaria, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Comostola laesaria, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola laesaria; [AUCL]; [MOB9]: 292, f. 406, pl. 11

  Larva on Memecylon , Buchanania , Melaleuca , Dimocarpus , Mangifera , Terminalia [MOB9], 292

• Comostola orestias Prout, 1934 Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps]

  • Comostola orestias Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: 130

  • Comostola orestias, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Comostola orestias; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 63; [MOB9]: 292, f. 317, 404, pl. 11
  • C. o. anicana Prout, 1934 Sumatra, New Guinea

    • Comostola orestias anicana Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: 130

    • Comostola orestias anicana; [MOB9], 292
• Comostola meritaria (Walker, 1861) Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • Geometra meritaria Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 522

  • Comostola meritaria, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Comostola meritaria; [MOB9]: 293, f. 408, pl. 11
• Comostola nereidaria (Snellen, 1881) Sulawesi, Borneo, New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons. See [maps]

  • Iodis[sic] nereidaria Snellen, 1881; Tijdschr. Ent. 24: 76
  • Comostola flavicincta Warren, 1896; Novit. zool. 3: 288
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 293
  • Comostola nereidaria levata Prout, 1925; Novit. Zool. 32: 35
    • = Comostola neseidaria ; [AUCL]
    • = ; [MOB9], 293

  • Comostola nereidaria, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola nereidaria, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Comostola nereidaria, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • neseidaria; Warren, 1896, (missp.)
  • Comostola nereidaria; [AUCL]; [MOB9]: 293, f. 407, pl. 11
• Comostola subtiliaria (Bremer, 1864) Sakhalin, NE.Himalaya, NE.China, ..., S.China, ..., Taiwan. See [maps]

  • Euchloris subtiliaria Bremer, 1864; Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1): 76, pl. 6, f. 23
  • Comostola demeritaria Prout, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 304
    • = ; [MOB9], 293; [RFEL]
  • Comostola subtiliaria insulata Inoue, 1963; Tinea 6 (1/2): 29
    • = ; [MOB9], 293; [RFEL]
  • Comostola subtiliaria kawazoei Inoue, 1963; Tinea 6 (1/2): 29
    • = ; [MOB9], 293; [RFEL]

  • Comostola subtiliaria, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola subtiliaria, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Comostola subtiliaria; [MOB9]: 293, f. 405, pl. 11; [RFEL]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Comostola meritaria; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 63

  Larva on (Japan) Malus , Eurya , Viburnum [MOB9], 293, Fraxinus mandshurica, Malus sieboldii, Eurya japonica, Viburnum awabuki, Mahonia japonica, Fatsia japonica [RFEL]

  • C. s. subtiliaria Amur, Primorye, Korea, NE.China, ...

    • Comostola subtiliaria subtiliaria; [RFEL]
  • C. s. nympha (Butler, 1881) Kuriles, Japan

    • Racheospila nympha Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (3): 411
      • = Comostola subtiliaria ; [MOB9], 293

    • Comostola subtiliaria nympha; Smetacek, 2004, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 101: (269-276) ; [RFEL]
  • C. s. vapida Prout, 1914 Borneo, Sumatra

    • Comostola demeritaria vapida Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: 130
      • = Comostola subtiliaria ; [RFEL]

    • Comostola subtiliaria vapida; [MOB9], 293
• Comostola cedilla Prout, 1917 New Guinea, Queensland, S.Moluccas, Sulaweis, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia. See [maps]

  • Comostola cedilla Prout, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 304

  • Comostola cedilla, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola cedilla, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Comostola cedilla, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola cedilla; [AUCL]; [MOB9]: 294, f. 415, pl. 11
• Comostola chlorargyra (Walker, 1861) India, Andamans, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • Comibaena chlorargyra Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 577
  • Leucodesmia confusa Warren, 1905; Novit. zool. 12: 422
    • = ; [MOB9], 294
  • Comostola hyptiostega Prout, 1935; Novit. zool. 39: 225
    • = ; [MOB9], 294

  • Comostola chlorargyra, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola chlorargyra, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Comostola chlorargyra, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola chlorargyra; [AUCL]; [MOB9]: 294, f. 414, pl. 11

  Larva on (Andamans) Cerbera [MOB9], 294

• Comostola conchylias Meyrick, 1889 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Comostola conchylias Meyrick, 1889; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1889: 490
    • = Comostola minutata ; [AUCL]

  • Comostola conchylias; [MOB9], 294 (note)
• Comostola minutata (Druce, 1888) Solomons, Bismarcks

  • Iodis[sic] minutata Druce, 1888

  • Comostola minutata, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola minutata, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola minutata; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 294 (note)
• Comostola enodata Holloway, 1996 Borneo, Sumatra, Singapore, Sulawesi, New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Comostola enodata Holloway, 1996; [MOB9]: 294, f. 416, pl. 11; TL: Brunei, 3m, Seria

  • Comostola enodata, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
• Comostola leucomerata (Walker, 1866) AU. See [maps]

  • Chlorochroma leucomerata Walker, 1866

  • Comostola leucomerata, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola leucomerata, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola leucomerata; [AUCL]
• Comostola haplophanes Turner, 1910 AU. See [maps]

  • Comostola haplophanes; [AUCL]
• Comostola iodioides (Lucas, 1891) AU. See [maps]

  • Agathia iodioides Lucas, 1891
  • Comostola eucraspeda Turner, 1910
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Comostola iodioides, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Comostola iodioides; [AUCL]
• Comostola pyrrhogona (Walker, 1866) India, Indochina - S.China, Taiwan, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, N.Australia, Norfolk I.. See [maps]

  • Eucrostis[sic] pyrrhogona Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1610
  • Iodis[sic] marginata Lucas, 1888; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 3: 1267
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta Warren, 1896; Novit. zool. 3: 292; TL: D'Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I.
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona augustata Prout, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 305
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta callicrossa Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: (131-132)
    • = Pyrrhorachis cornuta ; [AUCL]
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta pisochlora Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: (131-132)
    • = Pyrrhorachis cornuta ; [AUCL]
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta woodfordi Prout, 1934; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 12: (131-132)
    • = Pyrrhorachis cornuta ; [AUCL]
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • viridescens (Prout, 1934) (Pyrrhorachis)
    • = Pyrrhorachis cornuta ; [AUCL]
  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona succornuta Prout, 1937; Novit. zool. 40 (2): 181
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta exquisitata Fletcher, 1957; in Wolff, Nat. Hist. Rennell Island, 2: 60
    • = ; [MOB9], 295
  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona subcrenulata Holloway, 1977; Norfolk I. Philatelic Bull. 3: ?
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB9], 295

  • Comostola pyrrhogona, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Comostola pyrrhogona, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Comostola pyrrhogona, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona; [AUCL]
  • Pyrrhorachis cornuta; [AUCL]
  • Comostola pyrrhogona; [MOB9]: 295, f. 319, 410, pl. 11
• Comostola turgescens (Prout, 1917) NE.Himalaya, Sundaland, Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona turgescens Prout, 1917; Novit. Zool. 24: 305
    • = Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona ; [AUCL]

  • Comostola turgescens, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Comostola turgescens; [MOB9]: 295, f. 320, 411-413, pl. 11

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 63
• Comostola rhodoselas (Prout) Samoa, Fiji

  • Comostola rhodoselas; [MOB9], 295 (note)
• Comostola dyakaria (Walker, 1861) Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, NE.Himalaya. See [maps]

  • Eucrostis dyakaria Walker, 1861; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 22: 567
  • Comostola albifimbria Warren, 1896; Novit. zool. 3: 105
    • = ; [MOB9], 296

  • Comostola dyakaria, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Comostola dyakaria; [MOB9]: 296, f. 318, 409, pl. 11

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Comostola meritaria; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: f. 433
• Comostola simplex (Warren) Java. See [maps]

  • Comostola simplex ; [MOB9], 296 (note),#
• Comostola citrolimbaria (Guenée, 1857) AU. See [maps]

  • Chlorochroma citrolimbaria Guenée, 1857
  • Chlorochroma inchoata Walker, 1861
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Iodis[sic] illidgei Lucas, 1890
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Comostola citrolimbaria, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Chloeres citrolimbaria, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Chloeres citrolimbaria; [AUCL]
• Comostola prasochroa (Turner, 1931) AU. See [maps]

  • Chloeres prasochroa Turner, 1931

  • Chloeres prasochroa; [AUCL]
• Comostola christinaria

  • Comostola christinaria; Han & Xue, 2009, Ent. Science 12 (4): (482-410)

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