Biology:Calletaera postvittata
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Calletaera |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/CalletaeraC. postvittata
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| Template:Taxonomy/CalletaeraCalletaera postvittata (Walker, 1861)
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Calletaera postvittata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.[1] It is found in the Indian sub-region, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan,[3] and Sundaland.
Its ground color is pale brown. Hindwing postmedial is distinctly dark brown and broadening gradually towards the dorsum. The caterpillar has a pale grass-greenish body with broken whitish lines bordered with pinkish-brown bands. Head dirty yellow white in color with pinkish-brown spots. Pupation occurs in a light cocoon made by particles of substrate in a crevice or on the ground. [4] Host plants of the caterpillar are Memecylon edule and other Memecylon species.[5]
References
- ↑ "Species Details: Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/7bcf671580ab294bb99eadcb88a04b2f. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "臺灣物種名錄編號 Calletaera postvittata". http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/344710. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "Calletaera postvittata Walker comb. n.". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-11/Eutoeini/eutoeini_1_4.php. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/list.dsml?amp;searchpageurl=browse%2Edsml&sort=family&beginIndex=7860&family=copromorphidae&. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q18326472 entry
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