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]

Comibaena cassidara
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C. cassidara
Binomial name
Comibaena cassidara
(Guenée, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Phodoresma [sic] cassidara Guenée, 1857
  • Geometra detenta Walker, 1861
  • Geometra dissessa Walker, 1861
  • Geometra dentata Moore, 1867
  • Comibaena cassidara Guenée, Holloway, 1976

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]

References

  1. "Species Details: Chlorochaeta cassidara Guenée, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. Han, Hongxiang; Galsworthy, Anthony C.; Xue, Dayong (2012). "The Comibaenini of China (Geometridae: Geometrinae), with a review of the tribe". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (4): 723–772. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00826.x.
  4. "Comibaena cassidara Guenee". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. "Comibaena cassidara Guenée". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  6. "Comibaena cassidara hosts". Lepidoptera HOSTS. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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