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]
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^"Species Details: Luxiaria postvittata Walker, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^"臺灣物種名錄編號 Calletaera postvittata". Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^"Calletaera postvittata Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
^"HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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calletaera, postvittata, moth, family, geometridae, first, described, francis, walker, 1861, found, indian, region, lanka, taiwan, sundaland, scientific, classification, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, geometr. 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 Calletaera postvittata Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Geometridae Genus Calletaera Species C postvittata Binomial name Calletaera postvittata Walker 1861 Synonyms Luxiaria postvittata Walker 1861 Acidalia postvittata Walker 1861 Macaria honoraria Walker 1861 Macaria permotaria Walker 1861 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 edit Species Details Luxiaria postvittata Walker 1861 Catalogue of Life Retrieved 7 March 2018 Kocak Ahmet Omer Kemal Muhabbet 20 February 2012 Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka Cesa News 79 Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara 1 57 Retrieved 7 March 2018 臺灣物種名錄編號 Calletaera postvittata Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility Retrieved 7 March 2018 Calletaera postvittata Walker comb n The Moths of Borneo Retrieved 7 March 2018 HOSTS a Database of the World s Lepidopteran Hostplants The Natural History Museum Retrieved 7 March 2018 nbsp This geometer moth related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calletaera postvittata amp oldid 1012618459, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
