The wingspan is about 15–18 mm. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked. Antennae of male bipectinated (comb like on both sides) to two-thirds length. Palpi with second and third joints long and slender. Forewings 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. Forewings with costa, and both wings with the outer margin are orange reddish, with black scales and spots irrorated (sprinkled) with silver. Ventral side whitish.[1] Male genitalia include a slender spine enfolded in the sacculus.[2]
Referencesedit
^Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^"Comostola pyrrhogona Walker comb. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. doi:10.1080/002229399300065.
comostola, pyrrhogona, moth, family, geometridae, described, francis, walker, 1866, found, indo, australian, tropics, from, india, lanka, taiwan, east, vanuatu, caledonia, northern, australia, norfolk, island, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom. Comostola pyrrhogona is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1866 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 Comostola pyrrhogonaComostola pyrrhogonaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GeometridaeGenus ComostolaSpecies C pyrrhogonaBinomial nameComostola pyrrhogona Walker 1866 SynonymsEucrostis pyrrhogona Walker 1866 Jodis marginata Lucas 1895 Pyrrhorachis cornuta Warren 1896 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona augustata Prout 1917 Pyrrhorachis cornuta callicrossa Prout 1934 Pyrrhorachis cornuta pisochlora Prout 1934 Pyrrhorachis cornuta woodfordi Prout 1934 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona succornuta Prout 1937 Pyrrhorachis cornuta exquisitata D S Fletcher 1957 Pyrrhorachis pyrrhogona subcrenulata Holloway 1977Description editThe wingspan is about 15 18 mm Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 stalked Antennae of male bipectinated comb like on both sides to two thirds length Palpi with second and third joints long and slender Forewings 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 Forewings with costa and both wings with the outer margin are orange reddish with black scales and spots irrorated sprinkled with silver Ventral side whitish 1 Male genitalia include a slender spine enfolded in the sacculus 2 References edit Hampson G F 1895 The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Vol Moths Volume III Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library Comostola pyrrhogona Walker comb n The Moths of Borneo Retrieved 5 October 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Comostola pyrrhogona Barnett L K Emms C W amp Holloway J D July 1 1999 The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography Journal of Natural History 33 7 1021 1038 doi 10 1080 002229399300065 Moths of Asia permanent dead link nbsp This Geometrinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comostola pyrrhogona amp oldid 1190119757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
