Biology:Comibaena cassidara
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Comibaena |
| Species: | C. cassidara
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| Comibaena cassidara (Guenée, 1857)
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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 are very small. Forewing has a faint, pale antemedial line. Caterpillar is 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
- ↑ "Species Details: Chlorochaeta cassidara Guenée, 1857". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017/details/species/id/324b1c3b7813059846d2caec3a70ded2. 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Comibaena cassidara Guenee". http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/85_GEOMETROIDEA/04_GEOMETRIDAE/07_Geometrinae/26_Comibaena/Comibaena%20cassidara/Comibaena%20cassidara.htm. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "Comibaena cassidara Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-9/geometrini/geometrini_26_3.php. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "Comibaena cassidara hosts". Lepidoptera HOSTS. http://hosts.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/27325. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q49441813 entry
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