Clostera costicomma (Swinhoe, 1892) -

Taxonomic Information

Clostera Samouelle, 1819 species known from India. 
Clostera anachoreta anachoreta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775). Himachal Pradesh 
Clostera costicomma (Swinhoe, 1892).  Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu. Sri Lanka. 
Clostera ferruginea (Moore, 1866). West Bengal (Darjeeling), Tamil Nadu. 
Clostera fulgurita fulgurita (Walker, 1865). NW Himalaya, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka. 
Clostera mahatma (Bryk, 1949). Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar.
Clostera pallida (Walker, 1855). Uttarakhand, NE India. Nepal, Myanmar. 
Clostera restitura (Walker, 1865). Himalayas, peninsular India, Andamans. Nepal, Sri Lanka. 
Clostera transecta (Dudgeon, 1898). Sikkim. Myanmar. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Clostera costicomma -


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga1
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total12
Clostera costicomma (Swinhoe, 1892): Flacourtia ramontchi (Salicaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. Ichthyura costicomma Swinhoe, 1892. Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum Sphinges and Bombyces, Vol 1,Pg. 301 #1392. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41592#page/313/mode/1up
  2. Ichtyura costicomma Hampson, G. F. [1893]. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig.Pg 173, # 317. TL: S.India, Nilgiris. Text at https://archive.org/details/moths01hamp/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Seitz, A. (Ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol 10, pg. 647 as Pygaera costicomma.
  4. Wytsman, P. , 1970. Genera Insectorum Lepidoptera 217c-219. Pl 11, fig 82. Text at  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223824#page/305/mode/1up
  5. Schintlmeister, A. & C.L. Fang. 2001. New and less known Notodontidae from mainland China Neue Entomologische Nachrichten band 50: 1-141. Pl XVIII, fig 173. 
  6. Schintlmeister, A., & A. Pinratana. 2007. Moths of Thailand,Volume 5. Notodontidae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 320 pp. + 45 pls. pg 247 #279 & Pl. 39.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Clostera costicomma (Swinhoe, 1892) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/clostera-costicomma, accessed 2024/04/25.