Comibaena cassidara

Comibaena cassidara is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.[3][4]

It is typically a green colored moth with narrowly rufous-brown tornus of forewing and apex of hindwing. Black discal spots very small. Forewing has a faint, pale antemedial line. Caterpillar grey to brown in mottled appearance. Body has small conical spines. Long setiferous fleshy projections arise from thorax and abdomen. Pupation occurs in a loose, silken cocoon incorporating frass. The caterpillar is known to feed on Glycosmis pentaphylla, Anacardium occidentale, Mangifera indica, Cuscuta, Flemingia macrophylla, Ziziphus,[5] Ixora, Lagerstroemia indica, Ziziphus jujuba, Ziziphus mauritiana and Acacia nilotica.[6]