Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Comostola pyrrhogona | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Hemitheini Rank Species | |
Similar Comostola, Comostola laesaria, Geometrinae | ||
Comostola pyrrhogona is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics from India, Sri Lanka to Taiwan, and east to Vanuatu, New Caledonia, northern Australia and Norfolk Island.
Description
The wingspan is about 15-18mm. Hind wings with veins 3,4 stalked. Antennae of male bipectinated to two-thirds length. Palpi with second and third joints long and slender. Fore wings with straight discocellulars. Veins 3,4 and 6 to 11 stalked. Female pale bluish. Head rufous. A rufous dorsal stripe found on vertex of thorax and abdomen. Fore wings with costa, and both wings with the outer margin are orange reddish , with black scales and spots irrorated with silver. Ventral side whitish. Male genitalia include: a slender spine enfolded in the sacculus.